> It's hopeless at this point

It is for _your_ safety. To protect _you_ from terrorists. /s

(at least from some of them :)) )

The mistake in this logic is the one that assumes that they represent anyone, instead of thinking of themselves as a seperate caste whose interest is in maintaining the interests of the caste. Across the board.

This adjusted view, in part, explains why they'll never vote against this much power. No matter how bipartisan-populist any one's rhetoric.

> It's hopeless at this point.

It's literally never hopeless, if history is anything to go by. Sometimes it takes years of effort that looks like it's going nowhere first, though.