Whistleblowers

So-called "whistleblowers" are an invention of the privacy/anonymity/security software projects like Tor, Tails, QubeOS, Whonix, some VPNs, and a lot, lot more to deceive people into thinking that they are more virtuous than they really are. Instead of arguing that privacy and anonymity are good for everyone, and everyone should be able to use the Internet in a privacy-preserving manner, they make up some magical heroes, which protect democracy of all things, to justify their existence. They say things like "Tor helps whistleblowers stay anonymous and reveal secrets about abusive governments" and such, however, the problem herewith is that whistleblowers practically don't exist. In proportion to all the marketing that advertises those things as for "whistleblowers", they are such a tiny minority that it is just a plain lie that they make it for them. They try to uphold this lie, however, because it makes them look better, and makes them seem like they do something very noble. To be fair, most of this "whistleblower" LARP is done by third-parties, who promote those projects on their own, but those projects certainly play a role in this marketing being done the way it is. They should just be honest and say they make those softwares for the common man, the average Joe, and not some magical democracy-saving heroes, of which basically none exist in comparison to all the other users.