Not exactly a democratic country, but came across these instructions what to do in China when police has detected a VPN in your household, or you have posted something
https://x.com/hongguabg/status/2114213232454082869?s=20
We have some flexibility with freedom left, and let’s keep it that way.
If the US state regime would benefit from blocking VPNs, they'd do it in a heartbeat. They just don't need to yet.
That link you just posted is blocked for me because I don't have an X account. Here's an unblocker redirector - suspiciously like a HTTP VPN: https://xxcancel.com/hongguabg/status/2114213232454082869?s=...
The process that's described (appear cooperative but deny everything) is the same thing you should do in the US if the police come to your door and accuse you of drug possession. Every country does this violation of freedom, they just use different excuses.
> The process that's described (appear cooperative but deny everything)
...how did you come to this conclusion?
>> 但你确实做过的，而且白纸黑字的放在你面前，那就不要抵赖。
If it's something you did, and they put it in front of you in black and white, don't deny it.
> 去了之后，态度好一点，姿态低一点，开口说：“领导，不好意思，给你添麻烦了。”
Is 领导 not an incredibly subservient way to address someone? How do people normally address police officers in China?