in the u.s., for a long time, population control is evident in the way police officers are taught in what to say do when confronting a citizen. the laws give you righteous & necessary freedom but the police don't tell you what the law is. they're taught to interrupt for intimidation purposes, posture themselves as tough, get close to you, tell you laws that don't exist, tell you you are going to jail in illegal ways, make up lies to trap you, etc. & then the government, well that's a huge different story. too much to say on that.