the number of people who work for (or defend those who work for) firms like raytheon, northrop grumman, palantir, meta, amazon, microsoft, alphabet, flock et al

the number of people who work for (or defend those who work for) firms like raytheon, northrop grumman, palantir, meta, amazon, microsoft, alphabet, flock et al leads me to believe there are not enough people left to care about building this technology. we're cooked. too many developers lack the moral position necessary to turn the tide in a meaningfully widespread way - at best, it's "if not me, someone else will do this work anyways, so i might as well be the one collecting the paycheck/stock options." at worst, it's "i think it's a good thing to create tools to surveil/manipulate/kill people." mourn the loss of the internet we knew and be ready to sacrifice ease of use to return to lower-tech/still-underground options.