[mistermann]

> Regarding coordinated action: I agree, but it turns out that's very hard to coordinate, especially when it comes to privacy issues, as most of the US electorate either doesn't care about privacy, or doesn't understand why they should care (seems they often fall victim to the whole "if I've done nothing wrong, I have nothing to hide" fallacy that the government always pushes). It's very hard to coordinate a group that at best thinks what you're talking about isn't important, and at worst has bought your opposition's propaganda efforts and thinks you're wrong.

I tend to agree, but rarely discussed: why are things this way, as opposed to being better?

Would investigating that not be top priority in a corporation? Isn't it strange that when it comes to the literal system that (theoretically) oversees and coordinates ~everything, we seem to never wonder such things, as if governance is an immutable constant?