How have society and technology changed to allow and/or require greater national government control?

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I have a 500 word aka 2 pages that needs to be done by answering a question based on your opinion, this is for political science

The Founders clearly envisioned a smaller role for the national government than what we currently see. How have society and technology changed to allow and/or require greater national government control? That’s the question to be answered other than that no format or anything.