In consideration of stuff like the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, civil asset forfeiture, the (cold) War on Encryption, etc.: One must assume any kind of swee

In consideration of stuff like the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, civil asset forfeiture, the (cold) War on Encryption, etc.: One must assume any kind of sweeping initiative or legal framework will be abused by authoritarians, who are extremely clever at doing so (comparison to security, just because you can't see how a bug can be exploited doesn't mean a clever adversary can't use it to great effect), and it is easier to prevent such things from happening in the first place than it is to unwind them. So opposition to a proposed "War on Urban Sprawl" is rational in the interest of caution.