Bilb!

People like saying lately “the purpose of a system is what is does” or something like that, so if we’re being realistic here you’re on to something.

Right, put a bit more simply— the people whom the government really serves are nervous about the subjects being angry at them, so this measures of surveillance and control will be pursued and implemented with relative ease.

You a Powershell user? It’s so bizarrely verbose, I’ve wondered “who could prefer this?” But I guess it’s you.