Lying Liars and Spineless Spying

So. We've started watching Citizen Four. From the moment the subtle music and the flat narrator's voice began, pretty much everyone began to tweet that they were already freaked out. Ten or so minutes in, and it was common consensus. Despite my usual snarky tweets, I was, in all honesty, a little creeped out too.

It's hard not to be. When you're raised in the USA, you are told you are in the best, most free country where your rights are protected by not just your fellow citizens, but the law. However, I think most of us, especially those coming from more conservative families (that's a guess), were raised to know that the government isn't as good and noble as we'd like it to be-- or pretend it to be. It's not so much hating or being terrified of the government, it's more being suspicious of it. Unfortunately, the gov't had the same idea about us.

I've read 1984, and let me just say it put the fear of the gov't in me (dreadful joke, I know). So when the NSA scandal and others came out, I wasn't as surprised as I wish I would have been. I'll admit I didn't investigate the scandals as much as I should, but now, whenever the gov't tells us that they did this and that which infringed on our rights for our own protection, I go:

I know that seems to be making light of the situation. But if I got super involved in these fishy politics and constantly thought about how the gov't was stabbing us in the back, I'd be nothing but an angry, bitter person.

The question is, what to do about this lying liars, spineless spying club we call the gov't? I don't have an answer. Not yet, anyways. Perhaps I will after watching Citizen Four. I hope I will, because I am fresh out of ideas.