[arderkrag]

And when the citizenry won't do it, the government will.

Yes, but it shouldn't. If society is going to collapse, let it.

[LearsFool]

Yes, but it shouldn't. If society is going to collapse, let it.

Your wish has been granted.

Government cannot make the citizenry virtuous; it cannot prevent societal collapse. At best it can only slow the decline of the nation. And ultimately it can prevent the absolute disintegration and overthrow of a nation only by transforming the free republic into a tyranny.

It's what we asked for when we allowed liberty to be perverted into license. And it's what we're getting.

I don't like it any more than you do. I despise this ludicrous "War on Drugs". But it's the tyranny we chose for America.