Who would have thought that acting like an asshole would drive people away from you?
Was that too blunt and direct? Somehow I don't think it's blunt and direct enough for the decision-makers to figure out this obvious consequence of their actions, however unintended and however well-intentioned they were when they decided to read so many people's emails as if they were entitled.
There is no 'they' in this picture, nor a thing that can be personified (i.e. an asshole). It's just a currently broken set of institutions. There's no reason to be angry at institutions, only persons. Direct that anger at particular elected officials, the president, congressmen, and at particular people that act as enablers: people in the media, press or private persons in some (corporate) power that are advocating surveillance.
> It's just a currently broken set of institutions.
no it's not , these institutions work as intended by those who put them in place. And frankly these institutions are not about "terrorism", they are here for industrial espionnage.
No single water drop should be blamed for the flood? Every person that had in its power to stop or report on this and didn't should be blamed. Every single person that authorised each step forward this program and state of things should be blamed too. And, of course, every single person that used this for his or his company profit should be in jail.
If nothing of this happens, then the entire system and all involved are guilty.
It's just a currently broken set of institutions. There's no reason to be angry at institutions, only persons. Direct that anger at particular elected officials
It's funny that you should mention that. I'd argue that institutions are responsible for the elected officials as well. One might even argue that the entire system is so broken that it all needs to be torn down and rebuilt.
Was that too blunt and direct? Somehow I don't think it's blunt and direct enough for the decision-makers to figure out this obvious consequence of their actions, however unintended and however well-intentioned they were when they decided to read so many people's emails as if they were entitled.