One thing I forgot to mention: The snooping done by our government on our country's people is bad and something I am against. With that being said, tt was also uncovered and given media coverage by the people from the same country(Snowden for example). Such is how things happen in a free society.

In a controlled, authoritarian society this would almostnever happen. As soon as the culprit was uncovered he/she risks being silenced with a single bullet. The story would probably not make the news in said country in any way, shape, or form whatsoever. However, that does not mean it is not on the same scale as that of say the USA. You may not hear about it, but it happened. The state controlled media will look the other way as well. Life is easy in these places as the news every night is 20 minutes of all the world's countries being engulfed in corruption, chaos, and crime but your own Great Leader's country being A-okay.

You are the one who needs to get real.