All social media should be considered a front for government surveillance

Particularly true as oligarchs co-opt gov

This statement would imply there was a time when there wasn't a ruling elite

The government are able to access your conversations, data and connections with e2ee in place already. I don't see how not having e2ee would have an effect on that ability in any way.

Please provide proof for these claims.

  Myth: End-to-end encryption (E2EE) is the only way to ensure robust cybersecurity.  
  
  Reality: E2EE carries its own risks and vulnerabilities. No single, standalone method achieves bulletproof cybersecurity.
  
  Robust cybersecurity requires layering multiple, diligently managed security measures and best practices. Malevolent actors can exploit E2E encryption to avoid critical data security scanning, to allow malware inside a network or onto a device, and to evade law enforcement.   

https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-investigate/lawful-access/lawful-...

You actually choose to believe that these trillion dollar tech monsters run by some of the most despicable people on the planet are being forthright in that they have no ability to do this on behalf of some government request? For something that isn't open source and can't be audited, and can be changed at the next upgrade without any oversight? I find it so much more unlikely that they can't, and that informs my normie use, mostly.

L337 Hax0rs, of course

Now it's a franchise too!

Once it gets big enough in your location you buy it for that sweet sweet intel.