In these economic conditions are there more or less Sheeple? (regime, compared)

[nightbird47]

When things are going good the sheeple are happy to be taken care of. When things are not so good they moan and complain. Today a lot of people expect things to take a long time to work out, if at all.

Compared to when things were better are there fewer sheeple or the same or more?

Should things go very bad and the government get heavy handed would the sheeple and former sheeple be glad for their safety?

If things go bad and there is a vaccuum of authority, would the unhappy sheeple be a ready made following?

Your thought?

[Dd714]

I read an intersting post years ago in another forum, not here. It was by a immigrant from Romania who was a citizen under the old communist regime. Some one asked him if he and the people in his country were happier.

He said - well, people were richer now, they had more freedoms, they could travel and had the choices that they could never dream of, the oppurtunity to advance with hard work, etc...BUT - he said most of the people were not necessarily happier. A certain element of society liked being told what to do every day, liked being guaranteed a job even for menial pay, liked the structured life under communism, didn't want to make a decision and was happy for the government to make a decision for them, to do the thinking for them.

Perhaps, such is the nature of humans. I hope that's not the case, but I can see that in this country increasing more every day. The loss of individualism in favor of a collective good, the increase in entitlements, income redistribution, the increase in government as "big brother" promissing to take care of all needs.