If 1984-like situation happened, a brutal police-state dictatorship where information is controlled and you have almost no privacy, what would you do?
Would you join the police academy to get a slightly better standard of living, have a bit more power and avoiding becoming a victim of police brutality?
Or would you stick to your principles and try to plot against the dictatorship, even if you know a revolution won't happen in your lifetime and you'll likely get killed at some point.