I believe you miss the point, which is summed up with this quote from the article "the invasion of human rights and American privacy has gone too far."
Bad things have happened in the past but we shouldn't discredit what is happening now.
Just like the past, Americans as citizens of the world need to take action against the wrongs that are being done.
You should see the ridiculousness in the Santa Barbara/Goleta area... Same cost of living as Silicon Valley, Less Pay. Higher cost of living than LA, San Diego and Seattle but engineers get paid less than those areas.
Bad things have happened in the past but we shouldn't discredit what is happening now.
Just like the past, Americans as citizens of the world need to take action against the wrongs that are being done.