system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why should I care that the NSA is "spying" on me?

Reddit makes a big deal about it, acting like it's a surprise. Patriot Act was signed, I thought everyone knew this was happening. I'm not doing anything illegal, why should I care?
gpt
The NSA is made up of people.  People are fallable & can abuse power.

On top of that, the Bill of Rights explicitly says that the government must get a warrant, approved by a judge, based on having legitimate probably cause, before violating somebody's privacy.  Even if you don't care about *your* privacy, you should probably be concerned that a government agency is wiping it's ass with the constitution and acting as if the law does not apply to them.

We're a nation of laws.  The laws are just as much about restricting government power as they are about controlling citizen behavior.  If the government stops playing by the rules, there's no point in having them.