

I don’t think its that complex. Group A gave permission for Group C to move into Group B’s place. Group C decided to get a bunch of Group N’s support to start the liquidation of Group B.
Decades of Group B, playing to the “Rules Based Order” crowd resulting in no end to the violence Group C was doing to Group B resulted in Group B being more and more okay with countering violence with armed resistance.
Here we are.
There different reasons for wanting privacy or advocating for for personal data privacy and implimenting strategies to support that.
If ever you are in trouble with the state or make the wrong person on the internet angry, the more you’ve publically shared the easier it will be for them to find something to use against you. So… you can try not to get on anybody’s bad side to limit that possibility or you can do your best to compartmentalize your online activities.
It should be possible to ask for help or show vuneralbility online without telling anybody (or thing) absolutely everything about you every time.