I already donate to the EFF.
I already call my representatives in Congress.
I am fighting. I try to explain carefully and clearly to anyone who will listen, how important privacy is. I have already convinced my immediate family to change their minds from the "I have nothing to hide" attitude. It has been seeping in for my friends as well.
It doesn't matter. We lost.
I think what we've really lost, and continue to lose, is respect. But that's just the respect from those above us in the mythical hierarchy. We can still respect ourselves, and choose to respect other people's privacy. Every day that I don't turn my binoculars on my neighbor's window is another victory, however small, for privacy.
Don't give up the fight!
Either you don’t think Hacker News contains “anyone who will listen” or your position is inconsistent.
In any case, you’re wrong. Nothing has been lost with finality; small wins are made every day. The single thing holding us back is popular apathy. The second thing is apathy amongst technologists (or their preference for being melodramatic).