That's true, but it might be parts of the reason why those who accept it, accept it. If you think about the invention of the welfare state by (to simplify matt

That's true, but it might be parts of the reason why those who accept it, accept it. If you think about the invention of the welfare state by (to simplify matters greatly) Bismarck, then this was quite explicitly to defang the socialist movements that were threating the established social order of his time, and did manage to set the world aflame with the Russian Revolution.