Comment by ryandrake

It's still unpopular. The difference today is that the public is so thoroughly disempowered, that there is nothing you can do to change/resist it. Point me to the major political party, or even individual candidate, where "dismantling surveillance" is even a minor part of their platform. There are probably a single digit number of politicians in the entire country, from federal all the way down to local, who are against surveillance.