You act as if citizens (read: serfs) are on the same side, being ignored by a senate just looking for campaign donations.

This time last year, a majority of Americans supported the NSA program: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/11/190638738/pew.... Only this year did the polls shift: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/01/20/poll-..., with a significant but not overwhelming 53-40 against the program. And as always, keep in mind that these are polls of the public--actual voters skew older and more conservative.

A better way to frame the situation that doesn't distort it all to hell might be that the tech sector educating Congress about the economic issues might help tip a consensus that's still pretty deadlocked in the public when you look at actual voters.