[StriperSniper]

The danger lies in the fact we're so busy trying to maintain ourselves to meet the demands of government that we don't see what we're losing.

And it has been so gradual that most can't or won't see it.

[RipSawyer]

"And it has been so gradual that most can't or won't see it."

I have seen it for forty years and have been roundly pummelled at times for trying to point it out. There are a great many people who simply refuse to see it.