Remember, Big Govt uses two main vectors of attack against the people under its control:
FEAR
and
CONTROLLED SCARCITY OF RESOURCES
These two work flawlessly hand in hand. They are used in tandem to create a situation of GROUP PERIL where "WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER"...then govt alone gets to suggest and implement its "solutions", which always boil down to punishing the people for the situation (e.g., global warming is your fault for breathing and eating).
You deliberately create scarcity of food and/or water, or "life-saving drugs"...and the people become gripped with FEAR and will OBEY when ordered to behave a certain way—or else THEY are endangering the whole group.
The govt is the one endangering the whole group...but they are experts at instilling guilt within the populace that it's all their fault.
Same way child rapists always make it the child's fault. And the kid BELIEVES it. Just like the population in a "We're All In This Together" (WAITT) scenario.
Definitely the first one.
Remember, Big Govt uses two main vectors of attack against the people under its control:
FEAR
and
CONTROLLED SCARCITY OF RESOURCES
These two work flawlessly hand in hand. They are used in tandem to create a situation of GROUP PERIL where "WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER"...then govt alone gets to suggest and implement its "solutions", which always boil down to punishing the people for the situation (e.g., global warming is your fault for breathing and eating).
You deliberately create scarcity of food and/or water, or "life-saving drugs"...and the people become gripped with FEAR and will OBEY when ordered to behave a certain way—or else THEY are endangering the whole group.
The govt is the one endangering the whole group...but they are experts at instilling guilt within the populace that it's all their fault.
Same way child rapists always make it the child's fault. And the kid BELIEVES it. Just like the population in a "We're All In This Together" (WAITT) scenario.