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For US citizens, it's an obvious yes. If you disagree, can you show me where collecting this information has held detrimental effects on the common good of US c

• keithpeter 12y ago
  Perhaps, over time, the increasing isolation of the US coupled with deep distrust of future presidents by the leaders of other governments may lead to a reduction in economic power? Also, the impossibility of organising a broad based political movement for change within the US in response to, say, severely worsening economic or climatic conditions because of 'self censorship' by US citizens? These are weak signals working over a long timescale. But those things are important.
• ivanca 12y ago
  If you don't know what information they are collecting and how they are using it, then how would you know if it has or has not detrimental effects? It's impossible to know.
• olefoo 12y ago
  If being under surveillance really does trigger the feeling of being stalked as prey; then it raises everyones stress level ( as represented by cortisol in the bloodstream ) and that should be detectable in the general population through the incidence of stress related injuries and mental health issues. Of course it could just be lost in the noise of the ongoing financial and environmental crises.