>Who would have thought that keeping citizens locked inside and spying on them when they are out of their dwellings effectively indefinitely isn't going to fly

>Who would have thought that keeping citizens locked inside and spying on them when they are out of their dwellings effectively indefinitely isn't going to fly in "the land of the free." I'm sorry but this is completely pretentious. When it comes to saving lives we are the "land of the free" but when it comes to (1) making money and (2) indefinite war in the middle east then that goes out the window. It's pure cope to help us feel better about not having a government that can adequately function in time of crisis. I fully disagree, America could have handled this 100 times better but political grandstanding came first at every step of the way.