This is your best post. Thank you for saying this. Withdrawing from the corrupt system and *fixing ourselves first* is the only meaningful way to fight back. Unfortunately, this approach is continually ignored because it requires effort. It's much easier to hope that somebody else will fight for us.
In addition to what you've said, I'd like to plug Privacy Badger as a simple way to take control of our data trail --
https://fatrabbitiron.substack.com/p/secede-privacy-badger