NSA Spys for the Ruling Elites not for a Democratic State

The mega issue behind the spying across all media in the US is not that a democratically centered state is just taking the ultimate precautions to protect its population.  Rather the issue has to do with the ruling elites who actually control the state.  Voters are presented with filtered choices made available to them by the elites.  I'm speaking of the wealthy classes who have used government to amass their wealth and their power.  The NSA is being used to maintain that power base.  Any alternative to it will be thwarted.  What really happened to Occupy?  How much of the NSA surveillance apparatus was employed to protect the government and its allies in the financial services industries?  We are faced with absolute power here with a monopoly on violence.