In the United States, the government acting to protect citizens from themselves is generally not a good strategy and goes pretty strongly against the grain of t

In the United States, the government acting to protect citizens from themselves is generally not a good strategy and goes pretty strongly against the grain of the culture. We can agree or disagree on whether that's good (and for the record, I don't see that as the government's job), but I think it's hard to deny that cultural reality that stands today.