I moved from a country that used to have strong privacy laws(Sweden) to another that still has them.
Although Switzerland is far from perfect, it is a stable democracy with protections for its citizens.
The problem is when you build these gigantic political organisations, like the EU or USA, there is nowhere to go when the political elite decides to ram down the ideology du jour down your throat.
The world should be moving towards decentralisation, direct democracy and voluntary cooperation, but unfortunately, the opposite is the case.
Peace