Why does this evil stuff happen increasingly? In large measure because big government and bad government go hand-in-hand. The bigger it is, the more rotten it becomes, the more that shameless, power-drunk dirtbags flock to it in order to use its power to dictate to the rest of us. As I've written elsewhere (see https://bit.ly/2xBuoaG), you're blowing smoke if you think you can have both big government and good government at the same time.