Because conservatives don’t get to wash their hands of all the evil they’ve done and supported whenever it looks bad on them.
It also begs the question of why many of those places are worth risking everything to flee from, which western capitalism is typically involved with to a significant degree.
Could the selection be intentional? A silly unenforceable case to open the door for a more comprehensive invasion of privacy on platforms to make discussion and hosting discussion of piracy into a riskier endeavor?
May I ask what you thought of PopOS? I’ve been considering taking another stab at a Linux dual boot and it’s down to that or Mint. My last attempt was Manjaro several years ago but I didn’t stick with it.