I think it’s simply matter of “follow the money.” After 9/11, buckets of money became available for all this, and governments spent that money on all sorts of toys that they now have to use to justify having.
“I think it’s simply matter of “follow the money.””
I agree with this but for different reasons.
The government are the new “elite” and will do anything they can to maintain their status. These tools will help them intimidate the mere taxpayers into continued payments to the new “elite”.
There is nothing this new elite will not do to maintain their pay, benefits, and status.
Those who oppose will be “Swatted” down.