Great Society? Humbug. What you are talking about is a great government. And since government is (at best a necessary) evil, government will never be better than society. But it will always pretend to be.SOME writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins.Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil . . . - Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776)Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness;the former promotes our happiness POSITIVELY by uniting our affections, the latter NEGATIVELY by restraining our vices.
The one encourages intercourse, the other creates distinctions.
The first is a patron, the last a punisher.
The fundamental fallacy of democratic socialism is that you can have freedom when government and society are one and the same.
When there is no freedom - when no one is allowed to differ from anyone else - there is no virtue in democracy. In such case, if all vote or if one person votes, the issue will be the same.
But there is still room at the cross for all who will come to God in repentance and faith, and trust in the Divine Son of God sent by the Father, the risen Lord Jesus, to save them on His account, by His sinless shed blood, and thus be baptized and live for Him. Acts 10:36-47