What is going on over there? Seems like crazy town. With the geriatrics and corruption, good god it looks dystopian from a rando aussie pov.
From the outside, your own country seems to have a dystopian liking for government control of speech and the internet.
If your daily experience does not align with this perception, consider that Texans might be in exactly the same boat as you, perception-vs-reality-wise.
Acting like Texas isn’t uniquely shitty requires intentionally forgetting reality.