The government threatened to cut people off from the water and sewage system if they didn't agree to pandemic rules. In the USA it is expected that any power th

The government threatened to cut people off from the water and sewage system if they didn't agree to pandemic rules. In the USA it is expected that any power the government achieves will eventually be abused to harm non-compliant citizens. In this case, if you don't agree to the whims of a bureaucrat, you lose access to credit. With the current system, that wasn't an option, but it's been made clear that any power they get their hands on, they will abuse. As long as that's the case, people will prefer the current broken system run by sociopathic corporations over one with the government in control.