My theory is that they want to slowly impose an hegemony of civil law and disrupt the "social intercourse" so we can fight between ourselves without remorse
Discussion
What do you mean by "hegemony of civil law" in this context?
Civil law, as parallel (maybe opposed) to natural law, by Saint Thomas Aquinas
https://mises.org/mises-wire/catholic-theologians-prostitution-should-be-legal