The carrot held out before individuals and groups exercising the IllusionOfControl. In the AU...

* All vice is conquered, and no nation exports vice & its attendant prohibition corruption.

* All markets are free, and governments only exert minimal regulations that enforce property laws.
''The second bullet sounds like an anti-authoritarian utopia.''

Evidence this false utopia has ever existed is lacking, but that does not stop our politicians and industries from profiting from all the symptoms caused by trying to cram it down our throats...