I didn't say anything about spying staving off climate change. That's pretty much a done deal, at least to the extent of destroying our current civilization. We've been in free fall to that, for at least a decade.

And about nuclear war. Although I'm not expert, it seems pretty obvious that uncertainty increases the risk of war.

Sure, I hate oppression. And I'm not into oppressing others.

But the problem is all the assholes who are driven to oppress others. If I could snap my fingers, and have them all die instantly, I would. But that just ain't gonna happen.

And indeed, it's arguable that they've been selected for, since the development of agriculture and animal husbandry. I got that from Morgan's Black Man.

So anyway, I just do what I can for myself and those close to me, and what I can to help others. I don't focus so much on changing the system. Given how people are, it seems kinda pointless.

Gives those who get a kick out of war and conflict something to do that isn't lob nukes at each other.

Same reason you want layers of government with progression at a small scale available to many. So all the people with political ambitions aren't all trying to start their own governments and revolutions.

Busy is stability.

To be fair, I don't think a search warrant is oppression if used correctly. If there was something analogous for encryption I wouldn't mind. Problem is an "encryption search warrant" likely would happen without anyone knowing about it.