>>1837511America agencies have more money but there are still better rights for rural populations and better access to markets for "the little guy," like more products in warehouses within derivable distance. Taking a single stat as support for an argument isn't the whole story, and the ability of a population to avoid the surveillance state is key.
Check out the differences between coastal elite cities and rural counties or mid tier cities with like 100k people with these interactive maps, the first one shows which police agencies use what surveillance tech and the second one just shows cameras only and also shows the rest of the world:
https://atlasofsurveillance.org/atlashttps://sunders.uber.space/Notice the whole point of promoting "walkable cities" is to make it impossible for you to avoid their surveillance and controlled distribution net. They dont want ad hoc expansion of any community without permission from the central planners (big bank ESG loans.) Same as electric cars that have pre-programmed limits on where you're allowed to drive and battery patents held by the oligarchs.
