If people in power were terrified of Occupy, recent history has shown that they have had absolutely no reason to be.<p>Consensus decision making has hamstrung progressive causes since the 70s (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;berkeleyjournal.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;05&#x2F;the-theology-of-consensus&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;berkeleyjournal.org&#x2F;2015&#x2F;05&#x2F;the-theology-of-consensus...</a>), predating the technological toolkit which nominally justified not having a targetable leadership.<p>It is right, fitting, and appropriate to consider how governments abuse technology. One the other hand, to descend into a fearful state about data making it &quot;a lot easier to discredit and disrupt political activists&quot; is both unbalanced and fundamentally disrespectful to our forebearers who faced lynching, Pinkerton detectives, the Raj&#x27;s army, etc.