Only if society needs more security. You can’t squeeze blood from a brick. At a certain point, you need to tolerate a little messiness to optimize societal gro

Only if society needs more security. You can’t squeeze blood from a brick. At a certain point, you need to tolerate a little messiness to optimize societal growth. Think of it as a dial you can turn clockwise or counterclockwise: Security <——> Freedom A healthy society would have good feedback mechanisms that allow it to change the dial of the government in power, to adjust to the current situation. Obviously, there’s no one optimal position; to use a historical example: Churchill was great for Britain during WW2, and immediately elected out afterwards.