Sheep will be lead blindly to the slaughter as they have always been ever since time was initiated. The dependence of which one has in the government can easily be compared to a shepherd and his flock.Government dependency on particular needs and to help solve problems and things of this nature will, in fact, only make people become more lazy than they can probably already be considered as.
Still, the one's who hold high power are encouraged to take full advantage of the situation in order to gain more control and in doing so, abuse their power.
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