Information is an obscenely valuable resource and information asymmetry decides wars.
Yeah, tactical information. Locations of troops, resources, roads, bridges, opposition location, etc etc.
Not what I bought at the store.
Let’s not conflate the two.
All information is tactical information. Every bit of additional information strengthens control.
Knowing what every citizen buys from the store is an authoritarian government’s wet dream.
Stop changing the subject to make yourself right.
You said “war” first, then you changed to “authoritarian governments.”
Pick one.
Don’t double down on your absolutist answer.