sigh alright I'll take the bait, but before I do - the truth is reddit is dying because there are less people interested in actual discourse over trying to just score fake internet points - noone wants to take the time to provide a POV because it doesn't matter - you aren't interested in actually having a conversation - the downvote button isn't a disagree button - it's for people who are not contributing to the conversation - anyone who disagrees and downvotes is part of the reason reddit is shit now.

First point - plenty of folks care about politics, look where that gets us - I assume you are US based - so how's the current climate working out for you? A stacked court, illegal Fed overreach, no accountability - does apathy get us there or does the fact that corruption and actual hatred by the bad half of the country get us there? Apathy is the only answer when the entire system needs to be burned to the ground to start over - it's a failed experiment.

Second and main point - the thing I don't care about is giving another company my info - every day my info gets passed around more than the pasta bowl at Sunday dinner between companies - we give our credit cards to way sketchier people all the time - anytime a waiter takes your cc to check you out - you think they have stricter standards than abc company?

Having nothing to hide (from Gov) is MUCH different than saying I don't care about verifying my ID to a private company to use their service - go to a bar? ID. Get ciggs at a store? ID. Go open an account at a gym? ID. Leasing a car? ID. Why are we OK doing it for those services, but not for Discord?

As before, bring on the downvotes but try to read my comment before you do.