Happens throughout society not just Govt.

Here's the Safety Ladder that exploits Fears to justify anything - Why are you doing X?

We are doing it for your safety.

We are doing it for the safety of your family.

We are doing it to keep the org and thousands of jobs afloat.

We are doing it to save the country

Reducing peoples fears, not increasing them is the only path to prevent the entire chimp troupe quickly climbing that ladder any time something unpredictable happens.