There's so much happening in politics right now. So red wine and blue is here to ask, okay, but why?

What are they collecting? Why are they collecting it? And what do you need people to know about this, like, creepy penopticon?

You know, it depends on the government. If it's a democratic government, it's, it probably will be used to sell you stuff. Probably it's to use it for AI training and things like that, which helps these businesses, because most of AI is being done privately. And so they want this data. They want this data to train on. They want to be able to sell to the American people.

So that's the best case scenario is that we get inundated with this kind of crap. The worst case scenario is a Chinese surveillance country, an authoritarian country, that follows and tracks us.

There's enormous amounts of data. And using AI, you really can track everybody, really, in a way

that is really profound.

Americans are worried about the privacy of our personal information.

We're worried about social media companies.

Less than one in five Americans feels like Facebook protects their privacy.

And we're worried about the government collecting our data too.

But as more billionaires are given powerful roles and expensive contracts with the government,

they're accessing and sharing our information back and forth, making the privacy problem even worse.

So why do billionaires have so much of our data? And why isn't the government protecting us?

In particular, there have been serious concerns about Elon Musk's Doge, the Department of Government Efficiency, and how their employees are using our information.

But the government has always had access to a lot of our information.

So what's different about Doge?

The government has always maintained records of some of your basic information, like your name,

your birthday and social security number.

And it also has a record of any time you've interacted with the government.

Like when you file your taxes, receive assistance for food or housing, apply for Medicare or a student loan, or vote. Don't worry, they don't know who you vote for, just whether or not you did, and in some places the party that you're registered with.

That data helps them decide who's eligible for benefits, who hasn't paid their taxes,

and make sure that programs are working the way they're supposed to.

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