[tacticalogic]

Thank you for that. But keep in mind George Washington said that a time when only male property owners were permitted to vote in federal elections.

The dangers Washington warned of are intrinsic to human nature. I'm skeptical of any assertion that something has changed in the last 200 years that renders those observations no longer operative.

I find the idea that human nature can be changed by political forces to be not only wrong, but downright dangerous.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

You’re right. Human nature does not change very much.

The politics of gimme gimme gimme has been around since at least the time of ancient Rome when politicians, generals, and emperors were compelled to keep peace among urban masses by doling out grain and free entertainment.