Yes definitely when the "solution" is "government must do something about it," the problem is made worse and government is made more powerful. It's always been that way. And people keep thinking government will fix things. It's a cliche, but being a voluntaryist, I think the most effective action is to "start local." I have a cryptography project that is taking higher priority over my usual activism because this enhances personal privacy, but other than that I want to develop mesh networks in my neighborhood. I live in a rental community of diverse people and all decent and want to help them with the mesh networks.