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> They're not going to expend real or political capital to worry about Joe Whomever. Except we know that's not entirely accurate. The Russian propaganda effort
by davvolun 8y ago
> They're not going to expend real or political capital to worry about Joe Whomever.
Except we know that's not entirely accurate. The Russian propaganda effort in 2016 really needed to know a lot about a few hundred thousand or million Joe Whomevers, they did, and they were able to use that information fairly effectively. I think it's arguably easier to get a decent amount of information on a lot of random people which is actionable as opposed to a lot of information on one person that is actionable, regardless of their relative wealth and power.
Jeff Bezos actually, recently, makes a good case for this. If you had, for example, a compromising picture on Joe Whomever, it could be useful, used correctly. Jeff Bezos on the other hand, can likely go toe to toe with you.
This doesn't discount your argument, but I think we do have something to fear with the complete loss of privacy we now have from both domestic and foreign powers.
Note: I'm not interested in having a discussion here about Comey, collusion or any of that, just noting that Joe Whomever does matter, in aggregate.