The base reason is control -- the ability to get the unwashed masses to do what you want them to do or else.
Some of it is "for their own good", a codification of social laws and constructs. Mostly it is for the benefit of the elite.
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per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions
The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.
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