In Episode 66 Tommy looks at the National Security State. Fear is a powerful emotion. The National Security apparatus knows this better than anyone. Their goal is to keep citizens in fear in order to flex their power without question.
Paine on War
"It may with reason be said, that in the manner the English nation is represented, it signifies not where this right resides, whether in the Crown, or in the Parliament. War is the common harvest of all those who participate in the division and expenditure of public...