> I don't feel as strongly about privacy because "community" is what holds civilisation together.

Dude I'm sure most people are okay with their neighbors knowing their names and addresses. We're talking about the governments and megacorps here. Theses are not "communities" in any traditional sense.

> small transparent governments

No developed country has that. Not EU and definitely not the US.

> If you don't trust your government

No one should 100% trust their government.