Ever see Lord of the Rings?
Hate to use movie analogies, but the ring is a lot like the powers government has given itself regards intel and even some law enforcement powers.
The government who is actually supposed to be upholding and protecting our constitutional rights, today is one of the biggest culprits in violating your implied right to privacy and concepts such as search and seizure (mass surveillance).
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists Eventually, everyone will come into the crosshairs, even conservatives. Conservatives are all about big government also, just for different causes / reasons. Some of the greatest expansion of government came under Republican, so called conservative governments like George W. They simply have different causes such as defense and law enforcement and are willing to violate basic Constitutional concepts just as much as their most liberal far left commie opponent, as long as you use terms like “national security” or “for the children.”
For many years, the right was OK with pretty much anything, GITMO, torture, kidnapping, the Patriot Act... as long as it supported their defense / national security themes, not unlike the left that is willing to crap on any constitutional right to save the planet of for some egalitarian / equality cause. I wonder how many folks that were interviewed post J6 supported the Patriot Act? hahaha
Is Trump tower, J6, the faux 2020 elections a wake up call for the right?
True conservatism is government minimalism and decentralization.
Big government and centralization is ALWAYS a threat to freedom, it ALWAYS ends up making people into subjects.