Because democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner. It's very easy to get people worked up and crusading (e.g., wolf-mode) about "thin

Because democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner. It's very easy to get people worked up and crusading (e.g., wolf-mode) about "think of the children" type causes. Then you get representatives who play on this and keep on passing more and more draconian laws. The rational part of the population is bigger than people often realize it's just that they don't yell as loudly.