Direct Opposition
'The PCLOB said in its official review of the program that 702 represented a "considerable value" to the government despite some concerns about the scope with which the program has been collecting information on US citizens.'
Everything wrong with all the State surveillance going on is embodied in that paragraph. For the system to function as designed the government cannot, under any circumstances, differentiate between itself and the Citizens. The cornerstone of our version of Democracy: 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People' is completely, 100% invalidated, the moment government considers itself to be an entity apart from the People.
That separation completely alters the philosophies underlying the justifications for decision making. That separation allows government to subject citizens to decisions that would be reprehensible, craven abortions of Liberty were the separation absent. Government is spying on the people, not itself.
Government is sending your children to war, not their children. Government is spending your money, not theirs. Government is restricting your rights, not their rights. Government is fucking your ass like the slave you are and won't even wear a condom, because you are their property and they can do with you as they please.
The value of any action by the government exists only if that action is taken by The People. If the action is taken by the government then it cannot have been taken by The People. Nothing, not a single god damn element of our system, supports the notion of separation between The People and the government.
Forcing that separation is like teaching a baby how to swim by hucking it down a well. You're left with a big mess, a contaminated well and a dead baby that never did learn to swim. You've not only failed to achieve your goal, you've gone and fucked everything else up to. It's simply unacceptable and has to stop.