It's worrying that developing countries can buy off-the-shelf solutions to surveil its citizens without going through the decades of cultural and social change

It's worrying that developing countries can buy off-the-shelf solutions to surveil its citizens without going through the decades of cultural and social change other countries have. We asked questions like "Is this ethical?" before the technology became possible. For them, the tech is here and the social discussions were never started. Maybe this is the same thing. We haven't upheld our ideals on privacy anyway.