Who ‘watches’ the WATCHERS?
Not so different from the Roman Empire where the Pretorian Guard started out as the protector of the Emperor and eventually grew to where it controlled who became Emperor. And in several cases, it murdered the Emperor when he displeased them.
Direct democracy is not always a ‘clean’ thing.. nor a good one when exercised by the hands&minds of biased zealots and media mercenaries.
The Stazi got nothing on us when it comes to “surveillance”.