None of the things you mentioned are new in any way, shape or form, most of them are simple by products of our system. Trials by jury happen every day in this country and show no sign of stopping for your average citizen, or even your average criminal. There was no massive government surveillance program? Really? No surveillance during the Cold War, huh? How about McCarthyism, no surveillance of anyone accused of communist leanings way back when, or was that just a failed plan of elite control as well? I think several of our alphabet agencies would completely disagree with you. There was no data collection program, because there was no data to collect, new means of communication means new ways of monitoring, but the monitoring itself has always been there.
I could go on but why bother, people who want to see nefarious intent in something will see it, I just want you to think of me down the road when none of this silly, fear mongering, conspiracy nonsense ever comes to any kind of fruition, and I promise I'll do the same if it turns out I'm wrong.