Marshall Mcluhan, “The Medium is the Message: An Inventory of Effects (1967)” made the point that if you have it you will use it, just because you have it.
They have it and they are using it just because they have it.
Why? Because they can.
Welcome to boot on the face time (tip o the hat to Orwell).
I like your tip of the hat to Orwell. The quote from “1984” is from O’Brien saying what the point of their party/government is:
“Always, Winston, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”
For further troubling parallels are wanted, read about the emmanuel goldstein character in 1984 - on wikipedia if you haven’t read the book.