Very true, but ... Big Brother likes buttercups. Helpless, fragile adult-toddlers happily exchange freedom for promises of security. They want Big Brother to watch them, so they can feel secure. Shame makes them feel vulnerable and afraid. Big Brother makes them feel warm and safe. And when powerful pathocrats have an incentive to incentivize buttercuppery, we will get more buttercups.
Plus, for many, there is no downside to Big Gov being your Daddy.
According to Meyers Briggs personality theory, about half of the people out there don't really like making decisions. So Big Gov as Daddy is something that many actually like, and some really REALLY like.
Very true, but ... Big Brother likes buttercups. Helpless, fragile adult-toddlers happily exchange freedom for promises of security. They want Big Brother to watch them, so they can feel secure. Shame makes them feel vulnerable and afraid. Big Brother makes them feel warm and safe. And when powerful pathocrats have an incentive to incentivize buttercuppery, we will get more buttercups.
Plus, for many, there is no downside to Big Gov being your Daddy.
According to Meyers Briggs personality theory, about half of the people out there don't really like making decisions. So Big Gov as Daddy is something that many actually like, and some really REALLY like.