This is a fundamental problem of democracy: a voting minority uses the government to extract wealth from other portions of the population. Just look at the com

This is a fundamental problem of democracy: a voting minority uses the government to extract wealth from other portions of the population. Just look at the comments in this thread. Tons of "us" vs "them" when talking young vs old. We would not be divided without the government exacting the will of the voters on portions of the population for the benefit of others. Instead of uniting us, democracy divides us.