> You need to read more books. Start with something about coal mine strikes, or the general history of the labor rights movement. The reality is, nobody is goin

> You need to read more books. Start with something about coal mine strikes, or the general history of the labor rights movement. The reality is, nobody is going to shoot you and your friends in the head for marching around chanting about NSA surveillance. Hmmm. That feels a little condescending. I could be wrong. At any rate, I didn't say that they'd shoot, firehose or otherwise physically interface with you in any way. There are far more effective ways to cause pain in the modern age than to actually touch someone. For example, the IRS could harass the shit out of you for the next ten years. That'd be life changing. Or how about your boss and co-workers get phone calls asking about your "suspicious activities". Yet again, here's the link from another thread on HN: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/352432/free-justin-carter-now-charles-c-w-cooke http://www.nationalreview.com/article/352432/free-justin-car... How about them apples? They might not shoot you, but they can sure as hell ruin your life. My point is that the regime we seem to be constructing --a system where we are all naked and exposed in front of our government at many levels-- is one where we become their property to do with as they wish. They gather data on you at every level and can then turn your own life against you. The point is that our government should not have the power to do this. Period.