Being that this is a pretty red vs. blue issue, there's not a ton ton can do about it if you live in non-red states.<p>The eff is an obvious choice and I'm a member and have been for almost 20 years.<p>In my mind the big thing is people that vote for republicans don't fully understand that they are voting for non-privacy, pro-business, and really, pro-military. Granted, there are some dems that can fall into this trap and 9/11 pretty much ensnared all but a few into the reactionary mindset. This actually took true visionaries and leaders to overcome; few and far between.<p>So, really, local debate has to happen in the red states where these majorities are elected. This is a long uphill battle, but the message of "mega-corporations are not your friends" has to be paramount and when you're not earning tech salaries, we are part of the problem.<p>For coal miners and all these higher profile ise cases, we need to re-connect with the human and community level. That's the disconnect right there; it's easier to get angry about 'the swamp' than it is to try to take your own local municipality into your own hands or figuring out how to stay local vs. state.<p>California, New York, etc - these aren't the battlegrounds. They are the future. The majority of their population already agrees on global warming, privacy, tech, etc. They're one step behind bitcoin/ethereum/altcoins globalization.<p>But for somone in W. Varginia that's a coal miner that has been laid off (a big Trump talking point), these things matter On a massive level.<p>So there's our schism - how can we provide a forward thinking, longer term vision that helps the common citizenry? In my mind, everything this repubican extremist 'president' represents are big interests and reducing their unfettered access to unlimited profits, regardless of what that means.<p>Your (what's left of it) privacy and whatever else is fair game.<p>I'd advise to (of course) moving to tor, vm's and seriously, cryptocurrencies. Currency is a great way to start hacking back towards 1:1, person:person transactions which leads to a less decentralized money system.<p>And, If course, money underpins pretty much all us entrepreneurs do.<p>So, we <i>do</i> have options. :-/ These options include vpn, tor, cryptocurrencies, ethereum, etc.<p>Edit: mobile spelling corrections.