Yes, we're on the same page. It's great that you're supporting organizations and people with this. >deciding to pivot my personal career into public advocacy

Yes, we're on the same page. It's great that you're supporting organizations and people with this. >deciding to pivot my personal career into public advocacy or civil service There have been worse ideas. It's worth fighting. :) Organizations will engage in behavior if the expected risk-adjusted payoff is sufficiently large, from eroding privacy to cheating emissions tests. Unless we can change that equation we should expect to lose in the long run. This behavior is emergent, based on laws of power and organizational structure. Organizations stand to win far more than lose, and a victory for us does not provide the same millions of dollars. They get stronger as we get weaker, and they use that strength to win people over to their position.