Yeah, but wouldn&#x27;t you agree that each time the government does overstep it&#x27;s authority there is a backlash and they stop? Society seems to keep the government in check. Things like the MLK scenario are a lot less likely now-a-days. If you&#x27;re say prodrug legalization, it&#x27;s very very unlikely you&#x27;ll be blackmailed for your extramarital affairs by a government official (in fact that seems kinda absurd). Yes bad things happen on a small scale, I wouldn&#x27;t deny that, but I just don&#x27;t see it as something slipperyslopping anywhere. There isn&#x27;t a direct mechanism keeping the government in check other than education (and the values that it fosters) along with citizen outrage. Government&#x27;s fear of it&#x27;s citizens seems to have worked everywhere in the 1st world.