it sometimes feels (some part of) US citizens are so used to companies systematically abusing them that they think it's normal

and some other part seem to have "I have suffered so you must suffer too" mentality

and in generally there seem to be an increasing lack of basic human empathy ... which is very worrisome

A significant percentage of HN readership are those working in US Adtech, who's very salaries are dependent on abusing peoples privacy. Hardly surprising a hefty part of the HN demographic slants towards opposing privacy laws (for software and hardware).