In my opinion the real culprit is the democracy worship. We have gotten the notion that if enough people vote for something, then it is good enough as law. That notion is patently wrong, -- remember the famous dictum about two wolves and one sheep democratically electing the dinner menu, -- but it is our jurisprudence today. The masturbatory compulsion for more laws is a corollary, because as the innate need of justice remains frustrated, politicians think that if they only put another refinement on the big lie, the lie would ring true. It never does.
I think that "the people" tend to be conservative. The "sexual revolution" was, after all driven by the children of the elite. The Baby Boomers are split between the children of the upper classes and those of the lower classes. The latter usually vote against novelty. I mean, of course, the voters. That is why the elites have proceeded through the Courts, which are part of our social aristocracy.