Government is an organism, and the top imperative of ANY organism is to survive and thrive.
We the People are the host, and the government organism spends 24/7 expanding, sucking the life blood out of us, to maintain its own primacy.
And, We the People (an organism in our own right!) fight back, of course. But we are out gunned at every juncture.
This sequence of events will probably get VERY UGLY in coming years!
“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”
AND
“The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)
AND
“I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.”
Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Dr. Benjamin Rush - Monticello, Sep. 23, 1800
Indeed; that’s what it’s looking like will happen.