"If 80% of the country hated the law that allows blanket collection of business records then it would have been changed long ago." Even if people hated some la

"If 80% of the country hated the law that allows blanket collection of business records then it would have been changed long ago." Even if people hated some laws like they, they can get passed by putting something else in the law like "anti child porn" language, and call the bill "protect the children from abuse act", which just happens to have language permitting unrestricted data monitoring provisions. Try to vote against that bill? You're in favor of child abuse? Over the top example, slightly, but even in this case, it presumes that people even read the bills before voting on them, which we all know doesn't happen as often as it should. Trying to get past that problem requires a far more educated and engaged population.