Privileged or not, I suggest every one living or working in the U.S. read this publication periodically:

https://www.aclu.org/files/kyr/kyr_english.pdf

It may save your life. After learning what was going on in this country, I read it several times before the stasi's forcible, warrantless entry into my home in the middle of the night. I believe it has saved my life on more than one occasion. The reach of the police state in the US has extended to the more fortunate of us, I'm afraid. If you don't think it could happen to you, please reconsider. I'll tell you my stories some time.