Because they think they're the teachers/parents of the populace and they have the power to take away our "toys"? The existence of nudge units I think also supp

Because they think they're the teachers/parents of the populace and they have the power to take away our "toys"? The existence of nudge units I think also supports this, insofar as governments think they can tell people how to live, even if it's supposed to be the citizens which tell governments what to do.