Not OP. I don't think they actively want it or pursue it as some sort of conscious objective, it's just something that makes a lot of things easier for governme

Not OP. I don't think they actively want it or pursue it as some sort of conscious objective, it's just something that makes a lot of things easier for government. It's essentially gradient descent and the government following the thing that's slightly better for it, with no view of the bigger picture.