Well, there was no Bill of Rights in the Soviet Union... or China... or Saudi Arabia. And that Bill of Rights provides a legal basis for opposition to an Ameri

Well, there was no Bill of Rights in the Soviet Union... or China... or Saudi Arabia. And that Bill of Rights provides a legal basis for opposition to an American government that clearly envies Chinese and Saudi state control systems. Now my point is simply that technology has not allowed repressed people in Saudi Arabia or China to defeat or evade state surveillance technology, has it? Now, I have no doubt the US government would love to have that kind of power - and the only thing stopping it from reaching out and taking that power is the legal system. Of course, blatant violation of the legal system by the state is possible. So is violent armed resistance and civil war. But, I think a government that tried to toss the Bill of Rights would be a government with no legitimacy. See Declaration of Independence.