I was talking about this with my house mate (who is interested in politics and law). Perhaps something more of the model of medical associations or engineering associations could be more applicable here?
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Thankfully we (often) have the benefit of being more picky about where we work. But we still need ways of organising to make our voices known, and stand up to governments and large corporations who are acting against the best interests of society.
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Can we make our own thing then?
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You've already made a difference here, to me. Let's not give up now. The threats change, but our industry is highly educated and intelligent, and we can make a difference.
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I will say though that disheartened feelings can be infectious. It's natural, but we need to make room feel it, but we also need to continue to fight on regardless. These are hard challenges, but the people we're up against are counting on us to give up.
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For me, my bug-bear has been companies that disregard mounting tech debt over the bottom line, and refuse to invest in technologies that can assist with the management of this. I'm now refusing to work for companies that engage in this, and make that known to recruiters.
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We have to stand up to this, and accept that our 'tech debt' actually causes much real world harm, pain, loss of productivity, and loss of confidence to real humans who use the things we create.