I kinda disagree, because the government, even now, can be shamed and outraged. Corporations however? They are, by design, utterly amoral. So the modern state

I kinda disagree, because the government, even now, can be shamed and outraged. Corporations however? They are, by design, utterly amoral. So the modern state is that corporations are hoovering all your data they can for "ad research and optimization". I think I read recently that facebook has thousands of companies involved in the customer data supply chain? And if those companies have your data, it's not that YOUR government has it guaranteed. It's that ALL governments have your data.