What's the Point of Cove Prevention at the Cost of Individual Rights and Liberties?

The so called debate around animal rights is merely camouflage. The issue at hard here has always been the wanton infringement of individual rights by the endlessly expanding state power. And we need to find more examples like this in the united states, because apparently that's where people on the left hit their breaking point, where they lose their minds. But for some, there is another crucial question to be asked. Just how much more power has the government amassed in the name of cove prevention at the cost of i individual rights and liberties?