If everyone who could afford to handle their own lives and responsibilities did, the role of government could actually be to prop up the bottom x% and keep thin

If everyone who could afford to handle their own lives and responsibilities did, the role of government could actually be to prop up the bottom x% and keep things stable. If 90% of people make no preparations, there's no possible way to respond in a way that you can save everyone from a serious disaster. Sadly, whether you think it's 70% or 90% that could get themselves organized and take responsibility for their own security makes little difference in the real world because almost nobody actually does. The world went from victory gardens to big brother and people seem to prefer it this way.