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Excerpt from the Nym whitepaper

Today, the internet permits pervasive surveillance that could become the basis of unprecedented forms of tyranny. Yet at the same time, the kind of communication and coordination that the internet makes possible represents the last best hope for humanity on a planetary scale. Whether the core protocols of the internet end up supporting privacy as a core feature will determine whether our future holds servitude or liberation. Already, ordinary people from Syria to Europe are facing life or death consequences for their software choices. While privacy might seem like a luxury, privacy options can make or break freedom of the press and popular resistance to totalitarian power.

“could become the basis” I guess they missed the part where it’s already been happening and continues to accelerate.

One of the things that is always challenging to articulate to normies is why the software that is in popular use is of any greater consequence to their lives.