Maybe it’s just a strawman, but imagine a world where there is a jackbooted officer on every corner, and all homes were made of glass – curtains are outlawed, of course. You have to check out and check in at every place you visit.
Crime would, in theory, be way down. But is that a world anyone actually wants? Zero privacy, zero freedom. Does the vendor of any opaque object get smeared as someone who supports child abuse, or worse?