Encouraging users of social media to harness its power for good, while at the same time recognize that corporations embrace agendas antithetical to one's own interests, Corgan said people should continually re-examine whether benefits outweigh costs.

"It takes a little more savvy – if we're in the 'infowar' – it takes just a little bit more savvy to know how to get into those systems in a way that we can leverage our own position, just like the social justice warriors do, but at the same time, not resort to the kind of the scummy side of it all, which is kind of leading people astray."

"You have to start by identifying that the most powerful thing in the world right now are these technocratic systems that are in place – search engines, the way we connect on these social media platforms – governments have either encouraged these things to come along, or quickly realizes that they are the new arms of control."