There is blowback from these actions. Much like the blowback from intelligence operations it often manifests in unusual ways. For example, deposing the elected leader of Iran through Operation Ajax led to the coup by religious extremists, and funding the Mujahideen in Afghanistan led to the rise of the Taliban and Al Qaeda.<p>Right now the blowback is in the form of a total and utter lack of faith in the political elites by the majority of the population. The military has overwhelmingly more approval, and 23% of the population says that they would support a military coup.<p>If people don&#x27;t feel that their votes actually matter... Well, I don&#x27;t want to think about what happens if the world&#x27;s largest democracy becomes a non-rational actor.<p>You&#x27;re right, this is an upper class attempt to clamp down on the lower classes and keep the societal wheels turning. I don&#x27;t understand the desire to give tickets, but it probably comes from the warrior mindset in law enforcement culture. It&#x27;s about personal dominance.<p>Note that I also have relatives in law enforcement. This isn&#x27;t an indictment of all police. There are many good people in law enforcement. But in aggregate there certainly has been a lurch toward aggressiveness.