Upvoted because the first sentence might be true, and the second one definitely is. I would say that the US and China are both fantastic examples of why you do

Upvoted because the first sentence might be true, and the second one definitely is. I would say that the US and China are both fantastic examples of why you don't want to allow the construction of a surveillance infrastructure - privatized and public, respectively. We pity each other partially thanks to the propaganda - but I think more importantly because we really are pitiable.