Who is "people"? The average US citizen doesn't express much concern about the NSA & GCHQ intrusions. Many suffer from celebrity-ism and fantasize about having paparazzi follow and photograph them everywhere. Even after admitting blanket spying occurs on elected Senators, there are no indictments or criminal sanctions.
What is a little stranger to me are those on hacker news that want the government to gain complete control over their personal autonomy with a "basic income." While they insist that the income would be unconditional, it would be from a government which currently revokes many rights -- voting, free speech, and even life from citizens and non-citizens alike.
What is a little stranger to me are those on hacker news that want the government to gain complete control over their personal autonomy with a "basic income." While they insist that the income would be unconditional, it would be from a government which currently revokes many rights -- voting, free speech, and even life from citizens and non-citizens alike.