Thanks great points. I think China is a brilliant example.

So blockchains and cryptography are part of the solution (for both privacy and censorship problems). Governments could make laws to protect privacy, but this is beyond our will.

Yes and I think governments aren't interested in privacy because it could make things harder for them particularly FBI and investigative agencies.

The optimist in me says awareness and technology will save us.

Yes that is my hope.

I think Steemit is a step in the right direction.

Exactly.