The nanny state/socialism is a sympton of the problem, but IMO it's not the root of the problem. The root of the problem would be the evil forces, along with its enablers, inexorably pulling us into that abyss. The promised land that was America is being systematically dismantled by would-be world tyrants.
America is to be the last best hope for man on earth(thank you Ronald Reagan). The man knew whereof he spoke. Think about it, America is the only nation left on the planet that can conceivably stop the march to worldwide totalitarianism. Who else is there. Why does the rest of the world almost unanimously dislike us? We are likely the most generous, giving, caring people the world has ever known, and what do we get for our kindness? A worldwide media that poisons the well. Every simple mind it reaches with its often subtle hate filled message turns the tide against us a little more.
Tyranny can only be stopped by confronting it. The tree of liberty may need watering soon. Are we up to the task? The rest of the story from Ronaldus Maximus:
You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children's children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.
Words to live by?
So, just who are these minions of evil anyway?
FGS