No, we're not in agreement. Only caring about "the current situation" is exactly how we got here. We've been vesting power in the executive for decades. A little here for the environment. A little there because drugs. A little more because terrorists. And so on and so on for every single issue. And every step of the way shortsighted people have said it's not a slippery slope and made all manner of excuses because their specific interest was being served. And now we're reaping what decades of shortsighted people like you have sown.

The way we structure our government needs to be architected on a longer timeline than "the current crisis".

And BTW that's one hell of an edit on the prior comment and the whole schtick about rubber hoses vs technology misses the point about technology being a force multiplier which has huge implications for political will. The fact that the NSA can read everyone's emails cheaper than the Stasi can read everyone's literal mail just means the expenditure is smaller awareness is smaller and the endeavor costs less political capital. Dangerous things (like reading everyone's email) need to be expensive.