I think it’s obvious that diminishing individual rights inflates the government. The Bill of Rights was supposed to “check” authority so as not to again enslave them. Government always needs to feed itself and that its sole purpose is to live and grow. Rights of people are a direct threat to government. The Founders could never imagine the American government for what it is today from Federal to the most local level.
Very true. Eternal vigilance is our only hope and our duty.