I don't think that getting agitated about the NSA spying is really going to help. I think that there is a bigger problem with our democracy and, with so many p

I don't think that getting agitated about the NSA spying is really going to help. I think that there is a bigger problem with our democracy and, with so many people not voting anyway, it is about time that the people of people of the U.S. decided to not actually bother to vote, to not endorse the system and to effectively deliver a government that has no legitimacy. Obviously this will let the 'bad guys in', but, with no popular mandate, will they be able to govern any better than someone like Ceausescu? During the peak Bush years when the alternative was some hideous warmonger in the making like John Kerry, scores of do-gooding actors and celebrities were doing their hardest to get people to vote. As if voting and democracy would change anything. In America you need a compelling 'vote for RON' (re-open nominations) or a 'vote for nobody' type of campaign rather than these 'vote because your great-great-great-great-grandmother fought for your right to do so' schemes that actors etc. come up with. Clearly the people behind a successful 'vote for RON' campaign can have a political platform, a network and such like, so, if an illegitimate government exists then candidates can be found. Start up mentality. Can it be applied to the problem in hand?