"The only solution is the electorate to make their feelings known to the government in one voice, "If you support mass spying on individuals you will not be reelected."
The politicians will simply respond by removing ANY AND ALL candidates who would be against mass spying so that your only choices are him and someone else who's all for spying. So you're left with the choices of a spymonger, a worse spymonger, or (maybe) going unrepresented, which amounts to the same thing.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
