> Ignoring our own privacy, shouldn't we protect those people who the government/institutions/etc already squash down? And this should resonate even among the

> Ignoring our own privacy, shouldn't we protect those people who the government/institutions/etc already squash down? And this should resonate even among the individualistic and self-interested who might believe they're unaffected, as those who aren't "squashed down" right now would be wise to not get caught in the thinking that the set of people affected today by certain state, corporate and institutional actions is immutable. "They would never do it to us" (along with the often heard "it could never happen here") is one of the most dangerous ways of discounting problems affecting "others" in the present. When you see people, either as individuals or as groups, being treated a certain way by those with greater power, remember that this could just as easily also be you in the future.