Surveillance portended unpleasant events: this on Tschai was an axiom of existence. - Jack Vance

When self-willed microunits combine to form and sustain a durable macrounit, certain freedoms of action are curtailed.
This is the basic process of Organization.
The more numerous and erratic the microunits, the more complex must be the structure and function of the macrounit—hence the more pervasive and restricting the details of Organization.

Ignorance induces suspicion.

“Be on your way; this is holy soil.”
“How can you be so sure? It looks like ordinary dirt.”