> the right arguments and lobbying Firearms and abortion became The Issue for so many single-issue voters because of well-funded, relentless fear-mongering. Y

> the right arguments and lobbying Firearms and abortion became The Issue for so many single-issue voters because of well-funded, relentless fear-mongering. You can do the same thing with tech privacy, but you're going to have to "play dirty" to accomplish the same thing, and it's going to take decades. It's also important to note that abortion successfully tied itself into religion, which is not something you're going to be able to do with cryptography.