They're Transparent, All Right, But Not in the Way They Mean

Yes, yes, yes, I know. The government of a "democratic republic" gets to spy on every last phone call, email and bowel movement in the lives of its "citizens," but the "citizens" are entitled to know nothing about the "classified" secret crimes of the "democratic republic." Why, it's an ideal system, just as the corporate media has been instructed to tell us. I marvel at its "transparency."