There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
Robert A. HeinleinWhat is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the safety and welfare of all. But what does happen is that he votes his own self-interest as he sees it... which for the majority translates as 'Bread and Circuses'.
Robert A. Heinlein