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Yes, but it's more than that. The idea of an armed populace is supposed to be that the threat posed by the armed citizens precents the need for insurgencies in the first place. But in the US it isn't working because Democratic voters disarmed themselves while Republican voters armed themselves to the teeth.
The mass surveillance and tracking that is currently being implemented are to neutralize the threat of an armed populace; it's to protect the rich ruling class.
specifically democrats, sjws, POCs, trans, and women.
That's because they don't really need to worry about conservatives resisting. They are morons and all too happy to doublethink and believe whatever ridiculous narrative the ruling class feeds them. They are too worried about a brown guy crossing the border and eating their pet or a trans girl using the "incorrect" bathroom to know what's actually going wrong with this country.
They will run campaigns focusing on crime and safety. They will fear monger and counterfeit crime from people they don't like, they will label anyone that opposes the safety and security the cameras offer as terrorists. And the dumbass conservatives will fall in line like they always do and support those narratives.