In the wake of the destruction of social institutions, the main solution to all problems became the government itself. This became a self-perpetuating cycle—because social institutions were no longer present to inculcate duties, rights were abused more and more, which necessitated more and more intrusions into rights by the government. Government dependency increased; government, in effect, became the grantor of true freedom. The wages of sin had once been death; now the wages of sin became a government check.
