[hygtfrdes]

Each and every citizen is in constant danger of being overwhelmed by those we choose to govern us. The Founders of this great experiment known as the USA understood that -- to some degree. That is why the Constitution was such a radical document. It attempted to insure that no citizen (or at least those individuals who the founders, given the mindset of the time, considered citizens: white male landholders) would be subordinate to the whims of those who governed them.

It is up to the citizens to make sure that the balance remains in favor of the individual citizens -- and does not tip towards those who are chosen to enact the will of the people.

This is not easy. It takes work and vigilance.

I keep meaning to submit a FOIA request to the FBI to see what they've got on me (being of a certain age it's more likely than not that some sort of file was started on me many years ago). But I haven't yet done it. (Partly because I'd be really disappointed to find that the FBI never bothered to consider me worthy of a file!!)