> Maybe YOUR benefit, but you've been privileged to export misery and suffering to other people around the world.

This is exactly what I would say about someone cozily working at Google in Silicon Valley. I literally deal with the costs imposed on seniors and less technically literate users by Google's ad nightmare on a daily basis.

And before you get high and mighty about how bad the government is compared to Google, remember that Google is built upon and protected by that very same government, and that Google's NetPAC is actively contributing chunks of many Googler paychecks (perhaps even yours?) to fund the very worst members of that government: https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1164945275066056704