"I'm not paranoid, I just think everyone is out to get me."
The government watch the paranoid, after all, they MUST have something to hide.
All kidding aside, unless you only use cash and never use a bank, cell phone, go online or any of the other things normal people do, you are being tracked. Not because they want to know all about you, but to improve the online experience and, yes, sell you more stuff (after all, a company is in business to make money).
Remember, we pay (in taxes) the government to keep us safe, and I think they've done a pretty good job. In my 65 years, I've never had a gun pointed at me, had to leave someplace because of a bomb threat, or any other "terrorist" event. Have I been lucky? Maybe. Or maybe I can enjoy my life because the government does it's job.
I'm not a right wing radical by any means, just someone that looks at the facts and lives my life.
Do they do things wrong? Of course, people run the government and people make mistakes. Things could be better and I think things will get better over time, but then other mistakes will be made.
|