I agree with you, in theory. But these days, with the revolving door between gov leadership and corporate leadership (1) this is a distinction without much of a

I agree with you, in theory. But these days, with the revolving door between gov leadership and corporate leadership (1) this is a distinction without much of a difference. And we all probably know about the vast data collection by the PRISM program (2), and access given to tech databases by the Freedom Act (3). And of course our current president signed 702 rauthorization last Jan. (4) so this cozy relationship could continue. I guess my point is that it sure feels like we’re in a pretty hopeless state, given the deep ties between business and government. At one time I was not so cynical about this topic. But after seeing the inside of the political process in both campaign work and working in the defense industry, my eyes have been opened. The only solution involves political activism on topics most people either don’t understand or don’t care about. (1)https://googletransparencyproject.org/articles/googles-revolving-door-us https://googletransparencyproject.org/articles/googles-revol... (2)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_progra... (3)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act (4)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act_of_1978_Amendments_Act_of_2008 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_Intelligence_Surveil...