Which is part of the propaganda, that you should be wary of everyone watching you at all times.

The only one they specifically are targeting that we know of is the main character, and it’s because of something he had done years and years before. It was targeted surveillance, not mass surveillance.

They just said they weren’t going to mention politics.

Surveillance isn’t done by cameras in the book, it’s done by the citizens. One of the side characters joins the main character in jail in the final act cause his kids told on him… and he was proud of them for it.

Outside sarcastic internet forums? Probably, yeah.

It’s already easily accessible in this car because you’ve gotta be able to replace the bulb

I know it’s a different manufacturer, but having had to replace multiple headlights on my 2008 Prius over the last decade or so… I can say this is definitely not a hard and fast rule.

Tankies aren’t about communism, they’re about authoritarianism. Boycotting is collective action against authority, and thus inherently antithetical to tankie ideology.