I find it odd how in the US, signature bills have a catchy acronym like the PATRIOT act. Is it purely a cynical attempt to sway the public?

Where i'm from bills are given a boring name and a number.

Americans are the world’s foremost experts on branding things.

We literally can brand anything. Obscure pharmaceuticals, campaigns to oppress people, one inch variations in the size of an airplane seat, you name it.

Nothing like a good retronym.

Avenue for getting you and your buddies funding. More buddies, more letters.

"The real surveillance state is the friends we made along the way."