That's called dictature. Everybody wants it, but what we get is compromise (democracy) that tries to make happy the whole society (obviously it fails in some places, that are the rules of the game). Think of it as a free-market in economics, but including privacy, freedom, etc. besides money.

Every action I take matters. It just seems that most people prefer a short-cut.

What's strange to me is when people like richard stallman stay loyal to their principles and fight for a better society they get criticized by the same people they want to help!

TL;DR; it may seem that we all want privacy, freedom, etc. but don't want to fight for it.