Sure. But also remember there is also a balance between hostile distrust for all things government does and getting things done. They cannot happen at the same

Sure. But also remember there is also a balance between hostile distrust for all things government does and getting things done. They cannot happen at the same time. And remember authoritative governments don't care about trust and they get things done while west is squabbling. To say gov does it to spy is not constructive. What can you do? If they are against you you lose, they hold all the power. This reminds me of attitude of most people in Russia. But to say government does it because it doesn't know is constructive. Because it (and the public) can be educated. There are democratic processes for this.