[betterunix]

There are a few things we can do:

1. Write to your congressman. Tell them that this is unacceptable.

2. Vote third party. Put the hurt on the major parties and force them to move, and if they do not move, remove them and put new parties in their place.

3. Educate people. This is no longer just a crazy conspiracy theory or a bunch of paranoid fears. You have cops, prosecutors, etc. admitting that this is common practice.

Also, take a moment to reflect on just how many other things had to happen for us to get into this situation. We are here because something as mundane as a traffic stop can and often does lead to a felony arrest. The intelligence gathering would accomplish nothing if it were not for the massive number of laws, the massive number of victimless crimes, and the vast power we have given to the police. The next time you hear a politician talking about the need to get tough on crime, the need to give the police more power to arrest people, the need for more laws, look back on this and ask yourself if you really want a strict law-and-order society.

Be sure to tell others about it too. We need more than an irrelevant minority to understand just how dangerous things are getting.

[jivatmanx]

2. Vote in primary elections, then vote third party in general.