No argument there, but a government that implements policies which prevent it from surviving as a government will be replaced by a government that won't do that.
China was ruled by an Emperor for ~4,000 years. ~70 years after losing the Opium war this incredibly stable government was destroyed.
Seems like our Founding Fathers had a better grasp of the appropriate role of government than you nanny-staters.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.