Benjamin Franklin once wrote: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." I believe this is the same thing you are trying to say. If the government imposes too much security and restrictions on people, they are little more than prisoners that think they are free. Government has grown too large and too restrictive and our freedom has suffered as a result. However sadly, many people are stupid and actually cheer as the government puts them in chains telling them it will make them safer. Read George Orwell's 1984 where "Big Brother" tells them that "Freedom is Slavery". You could turn that around to today where government tells people that "Slavery is Freedom". You know, because all these laws are for your own good, you stupid little pet.

Oh and on slavery. Yes, of course slavery exists. Sometimes in not so obvious forms. By defintion, slavery is being forced to work for the benefit of another without benefit to yourself." While technically no one is "forcing" anyone to work, the alternative is really a non-starter for most people that have any amibition in life. However, anyone that works is forced to pay taxes - actually the taxes are just confiscated from your paycheck before you ever even see it. Most taxes end up paying for social services for those who refuse to work. If that's not slavery (of the working people), then I don't know what is. Welfare programs are supposed to be used by the elderly, sick, or disabled (truly disabled, not the scam fake people pretending they are "disabled" because they have some ache or pain when all of us have it and work anyway!).