Banning certain light bulbs never had anything to do with efficiency and everything to do with government control. One small piece at a time.
And of course, pure bribery. Donors wanted to sell the same number of bulbs that coast 10 times as much. And they pushed the lie that CFLs last ten times as long.
You are so right
A controlled population is easy to manipulate.
Yep, take away choices is the same as people control.
BTW the CFL bulbs are toxic to folks with lupus.