Comment by trackflak

It seems like the government playbook reads as follows:

- Make the practicalities of everyday life extremely miserable

- Make the population worn down and apathetic because things are so bad, a better life unattainable for all but a few

- Then, no one will notice while we pass bills that heavily restrict your liberty and vastly entrench our power

- Profit

It's a sinister genius, and smacks of contempt for the governed.