There's always going to be a certain element that thinks the people are too dumb to govern themselves. Madison wrote about this. Today we call them Democrats.
Americans have, for a long time, wanted more government than they are willing to pay for. I'm not sure it's pure socialism but I am sure that from a fiscal standpoint, it is not a prudent course of action.
You thought the quote you gave had weight and gravitas because you thought is came from some Scottish philosopher.
The fact that it is a fake quote that Alexander Tyler never made matters a lot. It is just mental masturbation, word salad, that no one knows where it came from.
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