Well, I think the argument goes that these liberal countries are a vital part of a broader international system, that has no privacy laws, is not doing anything

Well, I think the argument goes that these liberal countries are a vital part of a broader international system, that has no privacy laws, is not doing anything about climate change, and is at war all the time: in fact, a system that's basically a combination death pact / torture machine. Living in a gated community gives you less personal motivation to radicalism, but the broader, more general grounds are still there.