Give it a couple more years.

Politicians no longer lead, they give into popular opinion because there is a voter economy in place. The ones with the most voters get a shot at fame and power, money and the sweet life follows.

Most people, especially in large groups, have no concept of action and consequence. This has been true over in Europe for a while now, where you can consider governments as parents and their citizens as children.

My wife an I were just talking about it today at the pharmacy, there are now gummy vitamins for adults and mouth wash is sweetened. You know, the things you do for little kids to keep them comfortable. The result is that people never have to be uncomfortable, and the moment they are in a real world situation like losing their job, getting mugged, losing a loved one, etc. They don't know how to handle it. That in turn creates a huge market for anti-depressive medicines, etc., which seems like it is creating more crazy people.

The people we are creating will naturally see anyone who owns a firearm or carries a pocket knife as a threat. They are unaccustomed to people who are self reliant and have learned that only criminals carry "weapons". Their reliance on their government is complete and they are subconsciously threatened by the notion that the government can't be around constantly to keep them out of trouble.

People need to stand up to opportunist politicians and too-big corporations who no longer need their customers to be happy to stay in business to reverse this.