> ... the issues they bring up are oh so real, but the source of the problem lies elsewhere in my humble opinion.

I'll bell the cat - Capitalism is the source of the problem, specifically the strain championed by American companies. It's the root of surveillance tech, and why medical systems can act in ways that result in terrible medical outcomes which deteriorate to emergencies.

Please don't bother to reply whinging about communism. Capitalism may be the best system humans have adopted, but it's far from perfect.