The FOUR MOST DANGEROUS WORDS in today's society:
'See something, Say something'.
Think carefully about that. The USSR, Nazi Germany, Vichy France, ALL REPRESSIVE REGIMES utilize this form of 'neighbour surveillance' and reporting to more tightly control their citizens. And they still do. It is UN-Constitutional and widely used today by keeping these informers protected by 'anonymity guarantees'. So much for the right to confront our accusers. It is gone.
But TODAY, that massive surveillance by idiot tools of the regime, are FAR surpassed by the capabilities of unregulated spying (totally unregulated despite so-called non-existent 'oversight'). Trump was 1,000% correct when he stated that his 2016 campaign was spied on, illegally, by the US Goobernuts. Even that pales in comparison to the astronomical level of surveillance by the State upon every single person in the United States.
I can give you personal experiences, but need only point to the RAW EXPOSURE of that spying OPENLY demonstrated by the persecution and prosecutions of the JAN 6, 2021 LEGAL demonstrations. The STATE openly demonstrated their TOTAL POWER to even assassinate a non-violent demonstrator, with no prosecution of the executioner for the death of Ashley Babbit.
We are currently living in a POLICE STATE of massive oppression - it is NOT an 'imaginary' Orwellian state - It is an ACTUAL FACT.
I am currently wading through a FACTUAL, AWARD WINNING documentary produced in 2014 about this surveillance state. It is slow going, for me, because I pause it repeatedly to fully absorb and think about the information being presented. It is a well done piece of work, and includes interviews with Edward Snowden (whom I respect, and my brother {retired USAF F-111/F-15 pilot and Iraq war II veteran} absolutely reviles.) I respect my brother, A LOT, and respect him and his opinions greatly, even when I disagree. He is a true conservative and patriot.
The documentary also includes Greenwald and congressional testimony like the perjury of Clapper.
The warnings from 2014 that were and are spot on target:
http://www.cwtv.com/shows/citizenfour
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good ...