Governments tend toward totalitarianism, unless prevented from going that way. Give bureaucrats an opening, and they will find a way to gain complete control over you.
How long before using the “wrong” pronouns means 100 demerits? At 10,000 demerits you get no pension and are expelled from your home on to the street.
Do not underestimate them! If they could do it here, they would.
Lawyers... Who are the bureaucrats but lawyers..! The more lawyers we send to Washington the more laws will be forced on us.. That applies to state governments as well..