[RafiqM]

This question from the AMA directly answers your point:

Question: Mr Snowden, do you feel that your worst fear is being realized, that most people don't care about their privacy

Answer: To answer the question, I don't. Poll after poll is confirming that, contrary to what we tend to think, people not only care, they care a lot. The problem is we feel disempowered. We feel like we can't do anything about it, so we may as well not try.

The full answer is worth reading: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2wwdep/we_are_edward_s...