The state is ubiquitous now, but it also administers with a much lighter hand than it used to--even relatively liberal states in the past regulated public and p

The state is ubiquitous now, but it also administers with a much lighter hand than it used to--even relatively liberal states in the past regulated public and private morality rather heavily, and even the most authoritarian states rarely police as harshly as the average 19th century government does.