I wish this was the case, but sadly people seem to have a massive blind spot when it comes to their own government having the same powers as the totalitarian CC

I wish this was the case, but sadly people seem to have a massive blind spot when it comes to their own government having the same powers as the totalitarian CCP. One would think the implications are obvious and striking, impossible to miss, and yet I continually have to explain to people why these systems of surveillance are terrifying and inherently damaging to free societies.