So far, the reaction on intrusion of privacy by the government from the people was to circumvent it, go underground. A reaction commonly expected from a country like Soviet Union where people had zero say on the rulings and had to be creative to avoid surveillance.
I'm saddened to see a similar attitude in the US.
> riot
~50% of people have already determined that voting isn't worth their time - wise up and get with the program. The jury box has been thoroughly pwned as well. Traditionally, the remaining step is the ammo box. But that lacks popular support because people are well fed, so we might as well try to turn things around this new fangled computational b0x before that stops being the case.
NSA/etc has been fucking with people's rights for so long and I'm surprised that their main building is not yet burned down.
Someone one time said "[..] by the people, for the people [..]".
If you think that your responsibility begins and ends with a simple vote, you're far away from reality. ;)
The last time someone attacked a federal office building it did not end well.
I mean, I agree with the idea that if a Constitutional law professor allows this stuff to happen on his watch, we're sunk. But I wouldn't describe it as "we tried electing a civil libertarian constitution scholar." We elected a "rock star" politician who happens to have taught Constitutional law in a past life, and paid lip service to liberty for his biggest supporters.