what leads you to believe that end to end encrypted communication is a net good for the world?

esp in liberal democratic countries where the governments are at least in theory accountable to the people

are the costs of letting malevolent actors coordinate worth the benefits? 

what exactly are those benefits that justify something like kiddie porn being easy to distribute at scale? 

or are the alleged liberal democracies currently in power more of a fiction than reality? 

or is it more that someday a less liberal less democratic regime will come into power?

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collective consent can’t be given without the ability for private communication between members of said collective?

yes and can the govt really be accountable to the people if fhe people aren’t able to communicate amongst themselves without govt ~interference? is it possible to genuinely consent if big brother is always watching?

privacy / private communication is an important check/balance on the govt imo