In the U.S. there might be relatively few physical reminders, but per various reports, pan-opti police-state surveillance in China results in arrests and disappearances for 'crimes' that we'd consider run-of-the-mill free speech.
When it’s not attached to you, you start to tune things out.
Most large cities are riddled with cameras and police presence. Granted, they aren’t just disappearing people in the states (most of the time), but that police cruise that just passed you scanned your license plates and analyzed you for likelyhood of a crime. It was in the news, we all read it and I bet you that you never think twice about it.
