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by kylebyproxy 1003 days ago
> "It's private because we fear bad people"

I wonder if the thought process even goes that far. Oftentimes, the motive seems more like self-conscious social pressures, e.g., fear of embarrassment.

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Or even just fear. A rationalization of anxiety.

A chronic ubiquitous anxiety "rationalized" as a fear of everybody for everybody.

Try posting the question on social media sometime. The answers are interesting.