I am not aware of any western country that isn’t a police state.

The reason the police state gets worse and worse is simply that our glouriouss western countries shift closer and closer to fascism every day.

Unfortunately that doesn’t only impact privacy but also stuff like state repression or presence of state thugs.

To quote very smart people:

OOONEEE SOLLUTION
REEEVOLUTION

Ahh Pegasus. Germany bought it a while ago lol

Nono but seriously. Look at the geopolitic mechanics the EU does to kill refugees and then at the militarization of NATO and the us