It is an honor to be a "true man"

Yes, you are being watched, but you'll never be rich and famous.

The overlords love their life. They love living in the finest houses, traveling to the finest places, staying at the finest hotels, eating at the finest restaurants, etc.

But most of all, they love playing "God". They love to decide who lives, who dies, who eats, who starves, who burns, who freezes, etc.

The overlords know that you can't be an overlord without "underpeasants". There can be no "overpeasants" or "underlords", so if you find yourself "in the middle" - if you don't need to be told what is right or wrong, what is good or bad, you will be harassed relentlessly until you either kill yourself, snap and do something that gets you locked up, or find another place less oppressive.