The massive, suspicionless spying is UNPRECEDENTED, and is why many folks object to it.

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53. What we see is no less than encroaching fascism.

You are absolutely right that trust is gone, and for good reason. We have a government in which both parties have been purchased by corporations, and they are systematically dismantling our Constitution and imposing policies to exploit us for profit and enrich themselves. We don't have representative government anymore. Nothing that is coming out of Washington right now in terms of policy even remotely reflects what the people have repeatedly said we want and need.

The government is doing its best, with despicable, lying propaganda, to "convince people their privacy is being protected and not violated." That is NOT what we need.

We need to purge corporate interests from government and return the government to the people and to our Constitution, which prohibits this outrageous mass collection and storage of private information. The government does not need to "convince" us that they will keep our information safe. They need to RESPECT our privacy and NOT STEAL IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.