Why not do it openly? Why are you hiding behind screens? Show your face! Coward!
No.
I don't trust you. You could be FBI, posing as Karen online, to nudge us to reveal ourselves.
Reveal themselves, some did. Courageous, they felt. And Ambitious, they were. Crushed, they were, eventually.
Ambition means you think big. Thinking big means you seek out big problems. Big problems tend to be socio-economical and political problems.
Ambitious people are a big threat. They threaten the big players. They are a thorn to their on-going socio-economical scam. And they get neutered.
They know you. Where you live. What you do. What you care about. When you leave for work. When a truck could hit your car.
Or they crush you by calling you an X-phobic, mentally ill, or an X-ist. They prove it by nitpicking your history. And they cut off your income, your safety, your network. Then they make you alone.
I am paranoid. But fear is a good thing. It makes me cautious. It helps me enjoy the freedom. It keeps my family safe.
I don't have a choice. The world isn't fair. You protect yourself or you get killed. I want to survive.
I'm Cautious not because they WILL hurt me. But because they CAN hurt me. I'm Ambitious because I have seen the world as it is. There are so many problems, and they become harder to solve everyday.
I'm Anonymous because it's my defense strategy.