I was worried this submission would get deleted for being irrelevant, but I'm glad others have picked up on the theme here.
There is a market for justice, but more importantly hacking is about systems; breaking them, securing them, improving them. What we see here is a system breaking down in the wild, and that sparked my interest as a hacker.
Yes it's cool to see how systems fail, but it's even better if you do that and have some sort of solution. "If you show a man a pile of shit, you should also show him a shovel."
You're totally right and I think your idea could help.
Somethething else that could help is cheap, decentralized forms of communication. If we want to enable real momentum for change, people need to be able to talk to each other without fear that every word is easily traced back to their government issued identity.
There is a market for justice, but more importantly hacking is about systems; breaking them, securing them, improving them. What we see here is a system breaking down in the wild, and that sparked my interest as a hacker.