[nwoli]

Patriotic people in government (they exist) who understand spying on innocent citizens can cause untold economic harm and damage America in the long run

[pessimizer]

> spying on innocent citizens can cause untold economic harm and damage America in the long run

I'm on the side of people who believe in privacy, but not on the side of people who believe this. I do not believe that privacy should be contingent on how it affects the US economy, and as such I do not believe that if I can engineer a wealthy totalitarian economy, there's no reason for privacy.

[raincom]

Most of these patriotic people in the government are either powerless or keep silent.

[freeopinion]

Is that like vegetarians who eat hamburgers?