[benevol]

> "I have nothing to hide, why should I care?"

The fact that so many people adhere to this statement indicates the point at which society currently is in its downward cycle:

Pretty much at the beginning.

Once the general statement turns into "I just can't take the pain anymore" it means that society will have reached the bottom of the cycle. From there on out, the real fight will begin and things will start to improve again.

[petre]

Yes but it's harder to fight then than it's now. There is that poem, First they came.