That's interesting. I have indeed experienced some interaction with the state. In real life not on you tube or other site. I find the gov to be most dangerous in being inept as opposed to malicious.
It is not necessarily malice , although there have indeed been many cases of that also. The simple refusal to admit mistake, accompanied by virtually unlimited funds, can ruin lives. Richard Jewel comes to mind. Bear in mind the results of being run over by a bulldozer are the same whether it is accidental or deliberate.
The governments main objective is not to protect or serve the public, it is to protect themselves and further their power. All else is incidental. Jerry Pournelles Iron Rule of Bureaucracy describes it well-
"Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people":
First, there will be those who are devoted to the goals of the organization. Examples are dedicated classroom teachers in an educational bureaucracy, many of the engineers and launch technicians and scientists at NASA, even some agricultural scientists and advisors in the former Soviet Union collective farming administration.
Secondly, there will be those dedicated to the organization itself. Examples are many of the administrators in the education system, many professors of education, many teachers union officials, much of the NASA headquarters staff, etc.
The Iron Law states that in every case the second group will gain and keep control of the organization. It will write the rules, and control promotions within the organization."
Many extremely pro government people have found to their chagrin that trying to change a corrupt or illegal situation in the "system", using approved channels, has very unpleasant consequences.
