DrZhivago on Nostr: When average people offload the burden of practicing privacy to the State, it becomes ...

When average people offload the burden of practicing privacy to the State, it becomes everyone's problem. The State has more resources than any individual and can act maliciously beyond the capacity of any ONE person. So the ignorance of privacy by the many results in the tyranny over all.

The State refutes privacy of the individual because it does not benefit the State. This is a deeply rooted Human issue that scales into physical violence, the likes of which we have not seen since the 1900s (eg: Hitler, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc...). With today's technology and general sentiment towards digital privacy, we are heading towards actions that will manifest in the physical world at a scale that dwarfs the 1900s.

Obedience is dangerous because people offload the responsibility of actions to captured agencies with compounded power. Individuals allow Hell to be brought forth (as in the 1900s). Those who are informed and who act against the intent of a malicious State are the bulwark against that Hell.

That is the context. Your actions may spare the destruction of millions.

David can beat Goliath. If David refuses to fight, then Goliath certainly wins. This is the strategy of the State vs Rebels.

Appear unbeatable. Crush morale. Suffocate the Spirit. Defeat the enemy before you have to fight... Because the State is ultimately more vulnerable than individuals. Fast moving small targets are harder to hit than slow moving beasts.

The State can destroy individuals, but if enough individuals have the courage to stand against it, the corrupt State collapses. It is always a minority that leads the majority, on both ends of the spectrum.

This is why the State makes terrible examples out of individuals who stand against it. (Snowden, Assange, Khashoggi...). It is terrified of empowered individuals.

If Humans were destined to be slaves to our Nature, we'd already be. We wouldn't even have these conversations. Like ants in a colony.

Our species is destined for greater heights. I refuse to believe otherwise, because I can lead my own life in that direction. I don't need everyone to be me. If I give up on that dream then I'm already dead.