Where have we seen in history slums and ghettos being ruled by jackbooted thugs? Hmmm.... S. Africa? Warsaw? Such history will keep being repeated until no one that hasn't learned from it survives. In Afghanistan the US military seized supply lines for food. Then it offered people free rice - for submitting to biometric scanning of their eyes, their fingerprints, DNA.
People on the cusp of penury and starvation are without ability to resist tyranny. One meal from watching your babies starve does not support resistance. It forces compliance to any tyranny that comes with a bag of rice.
Very true