The level of obedience to stop lights and little green man seems to correlate inversely with the perception of authoritarianism of the government

- high authoritarianism; ignore green man

- low perception; stop for green man

This stops being true I'ma surveillance state when you are punished for non-compliance

The green man isnt a psyop, it just indicates a general level of awareness about all other surveillance tech.

i. e. I hate my government; I will ignore green man in protest