Glad to see multiple mentions of privacy/surveillance issues.

Surveillance is now the norm online and increasingly in the 'meatspace'. In the US is is the foundation of the business model of the biggest tech companies, which impacts virtually every one of us - combined with ISP level, financial, medical, facial recognition and other types of privacy violations there is little chance you are not affected by this problem. This is not just enabled, but encouraged by 'national security' hawk lawmakers and government agencies, who benefit from the new status quo by getting around constitutional limitations.

Privacy is power, and especially on a massive scale, surveillance is a way to grasp that power and take control over you, and the society you live in. China is leading the way in political and social justification, implementation and technological progress around surveillance, exporting their models and tech to dozens of countries in the world right now. With a potential shift of leading power status this has serious implications for the next decade - governments that start to align more with China/BRICS will fall in line, benefit from cheap technology and know-how, and use increasingly sophisticated surveillance capabilities for obtaining or staying in power.