Well, you know, speaking from the totalitarian hell of Northern Europe, thoroughly impregnated by the "sickness of socialism"... a lot less people are in prison

Well, you know, speaking from the totalitarian hell of Northern Europe, thoroughly impregnated by the "sickness of socialism"... a lot less people are in prison than in the Land of Freedom, and people are not afraid of the police (Denmark is consistently rated as the happiest country in the world). As for the surveillance state, it certainly exists, but not worse than in the US. To a European, it's always weird to see people start foaming at the mouth whenever the word "socialism" or "state-provided healthcare".