The fundamental problem is that liberties in the abstract are too hard for people to appreciate. It takes an old fashioned grope-fest at the airport to get anyo

The fundamental problem is that liberties in the abstract are too hard for people to appreciate. It takes an old fashioned grope-fest at the airport to get anyone to notice anymore. So the people aren't crazy or corrupt, they just have different priorities than you or I. The expression of which being that so long as you don't touch them, they'll abide almost anything in the name of security. Never forget: "In a Democracy, the people get the government they deserve."