Governing Least

"The government isn't best which governs least -- it's the best government that needs to govern least."

From Slovotsky's laws via Joel Rosenberg (RIP).

America, as designed, is supposed to be self governing.

The people of America did self govern for most of a century and a half.

But something changed.

It wasn't really that long ago, but it's approaching a century.

The urge to make other people do what we wanted them to do instead of doing what they wanted to do.

As designed, we shouldn't be able to do that as long as what they're wanting to do isn't doing us any harm.

Even if they are harming themselves.

But we got busybodied about it.

Once you start down the path of being a busybody, nothing is off limits.  Plus you get the moral righteousness of saving the benighted souls for their own good.

THEN!

You get an "industry" of people who grift off of saving their fellow man from themselves.

Suddenly you no longer have a government that governs least because you have a people that need governed more.