Chapter 12 — The government, Paragraph 10.3 (§12.00.10.03)

Governments were therefore able to provide security and protect the rights of their citizens because they controlled their information flows. They basically controlled the flow of money and people through control of the relevant information—and used this control to serve any purpose they wished. Governments could impose internal order and undertake large-scale projects by using this information and could protect themselves from external enemies by being able to mobilise resources (people and material) over which they had control.

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