> Soviet Union, China and Russia copied the US
Do you really believe in this or are you just saying this? Mass surveillance was a thing in the USSR decades 30-50 years earlier than in the US.
Also much more effective too... Say something inappropriate semi publicly and of you go to the gulag (they toned it down and switch to psich hospitial after the 60s).
> leadership because the state doesn't have to engage in lying too much
tanks go brr... amirite comrade ?