Growth of Government, Death of Civil Society

This is how the expansion of government happens. The government takes over something (and civil society retreats) and soon people do not even know that it was ever done voluntarily. And, too often, the people who used to undertake the activity welcome the advance of government - "now we will not have to go begging for money" they tell themselves, not understanding that where there is government finance there is also government control. . . . .