I would call the flagrant abuses of human rights & our own laws to be more than "tiny incremental compromises" in our individual liberties. I would also term the massive unbalancing of executive power more than marginal.

I'm sorry, but I loathed zeitgeist from the first few minutes, and find her arguments far more coherent & rational. I know, personally & publicly, of many outrageous crimes, committed by several branches of law enforcement, that endanger Americans everywhere.

Ed: Sorry about fixing this twice, but my fingers stray when I'm impassioned.