You've never heard of acquiescence bias then, it's an interesting effect the name of which I only learnt recently; worth looking up.

My country seems more fascist, and the impression I get from news is USA is too -- in dictatorial societies people tend to acquiess because they feel giving the 'wrong' answer might cause trouble for them.

But mine's an outside view, so I asked a few questions to get a sample of answers from the inside track.