They have learned, is why.

New technology will neveragain be allowed to threaten the political-economical structure, the way it has during many parts of history.

The crossbow made the professional soldiers of nobles into easy victims for anyone who could aim and pull a trigger - the longbow required lots of training (time) which was the real premium currency in those days.

The car made poor people independent on corporations and state to some degree.

Internet enabled instant communication and sharing of embarassing facts about the powerful.

And so on (Hegel, Engels and others have described the process much more elegantly and well-reasined that I have done here.) until present day.

The object is control to ensure the very few people owning almost everything remain in control.