While avoiding the topic of Crazy Ivan maneuvers in Syria, perhaps we should discuss privacy instead.  While Sugar Town, um, I mean SuckerBurger tells Congress that if we want to stay out of the CIA’s database, we just need to not use their products, I sit here and think about how untrue that is.  There’s facial recognition software, and all it takes is one friend uploading a picture with you in it to a popular social media database.  Not only that, but some people who avoid social media are still discussed by name on those platforms.  For an obscure example, John Michael Greer has never joined facebook, yet he had a profile page filled with information from Wikipedia.  He didn’t escape having a digital footprint there, despite never having signed a user agreement.

We’ve known for some time now that because you’re not using something doesn’t mean your friends didn’t compromise your privacy instead.  The rich heiresses all learned at some point not to put pictures on Instagram, because it compromises their safety and security.  The poor people are way too busy actually earning money at their two and a half jobs or eating or sleeping to be able to spend much time managing their online profile.  That leaves stay at home soccer moms, artists, intellectuals who write papers, and retired farmers as the majority of hardcore users of social media.

All of these people have time on their hands and nothing better to do with it.  Idle hands make for, um, better societies?  At any rate, how much privacy does the Bilderberg Group have these days?  How much privacy have the Clintons purchased?  These days, secrets get revealed.  It just happens, a lot more than the archons would like.  What do they have to hide?  Indeed, what do I have to hide?  I’m not sure.  Sometimes hiding isn’t the right strategy.  Sometimes, establishing an alibi works better if you’re public about where you’ve been, and what you’ve been up to.

At the same time, I really do have to ask how much time I should spend on various activities versus other activities.  How much time should I spend reading this article, and how much time should I spend on the phone with my friend whose mom just died and is now dealing with the death bureaucracy?  How much time should I spend playing video games with my son, and how much time should I spend reading Captain Underpants to him instead?  How much time should I exercise, and how much time should I spend making sure that my family eats healthy food?

Privacy is not a simple yes or no answer as to whether you want to protect it completely or partially.  What I want to know is how come the Deep State gets more privacy than I do?