Big government inevitably stifles individual freedom and the vitality of religion. In Europe, it has led to societal collapse. A nanny state that can take care of you is going to demolish the pillar society stands on: the family. When that disappears, even a plodding government bureaucracy is a hollowed out shell. If European ideas are implemented in America, the American Era in history will be effectively over.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus