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Are Democrats right about Government control?

I'm starting to think that in 1, maybe 2, generations the majority of the population will
be OK with being told what to do, as long as they are provided basic needs, like Food,
housing, and health care. I think many people will give up, and give in, to the government
control, that many of us are fighting against. As a baby boomer, I have never received
unemployment, food stamps, or anything else I didn't work for. I believe the majority of
kids in school now, that don't have parents that help them, will be dumbed down to the
point of letting the Government control their lives, much like China.
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As a baby boomer, I have never received unemployment, food stamps, or anything else I didn't work for.
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Bullshit.

In the US, we have each benefitted from all sorts of things for which we didn't work.
@SomeMichGuy .. Please explain. What are you referring to here?
@Stillwaiting Besides the more obvious--you happened to be born into a country which you didn't create, with Constitution and laws you didn't write, etc.--you benefitted from

roads, bridges built before you paid a dime of taxes

electricity, phone, radio, television infrastructure built with OPM

food safety & inspection standards, drug testing and safety standards, basic trade standards, workplace safety standards, air and water quality standards, auto and ship and airline safety, etc., which you didn't create and before you paid anything for it

housing and other codes you didn't develop or pay for

etc., etc., etc.