Of course they want government to run everything. Being responsible for one’s well being and actions is so, so demeaning. (sarcasm)
I don’t know what the solution is. The reality is the Govt IS the economy these days. The Government IS the central authority. There is no place in our society where the Federal Government is not and I have looked long and hard. There are some places where there is less government and more freedom such as the rural areas. Freedom is a relative term.
The only way that is changed is How?
There was a movement back to state rights for awhile until we got our man in central authority. Trump is removing much regulation as fast as he can.
Deregulation is not a perfect solution, it just moves the evil to another place, that is the nature of man. I would rather have evil diversified into local community than centralized. This all started with the local evil government, needed to be controlled by the county or state which then also became evil.
People were once ruled by an internal, moral, civil, religious code, but it is not there any more. Actually that may be an aberration, not the norm if we look thru history.
And then there is Adam Smiths INVISIBLE HAND which may be at work.
God’s historical solution is to let his people be captured and carried away and start over with a remnant........
Having unelected apparatchiks decide which pharmaceuticals are “OK” and which are not, and how much of each is “allowed” is antithetical to a free people’s choice.
The DEA is another rogue agency that has far overstepped its bounds and must be reined in soon. Its overreach has affected other nations as well.
Our state has a website that licensed physicians can use to check what prescriptions patients have had filled. Before my retirement fully one third of new patients that came to me were straight up drug seekers who were getting prescriptions filled by multiple doctors. No question. What to do? IMHO, legalize everything. If patients want help with choosing a medication and managing treatment let them see a doctor. If they want to manage their own drug use, let them. In many foreign countries that is how it has worked.