The marxists are in charge, in formerly free countries. Doing what they always do.
This is nothing new, it has been going on in Canada for at least 35-40 years. The Liberal Party of Canada was what the Democrats aspired to become. And now that they have become that, the Liberal Party has moved a bit further ahead so there will be further steps they might try to take. The difference might be that there are in both proportionate and absolute terms far more Americans willing to resist.
It’s not just politicians who have been under surveillance, it includes bloggers and ordinary internet posters. We have almost no conservative media here but what does exist is no doubt being heavily surveilled.