You paint a very compelling picture, and one I am not unfamiliar with. So admitting that most, if not all, of the above is true, do you see any way out? Human nature is not likely to change, and history has proven that even if you oust a tyrant, at most you can expect a couple three centuries of liberty, gradually decreasing, till you're back at the same point. Now, seeing as we don't live anywhere near 2 or 3 centuries, those nearest the beginning of Liberty stand the most to gain, though you can argue they were probably instrumental in gaining it, and a lot of them may have lost life or limb during the process. Then later generations allow their liberties to be slowly eroded, mainly, I suspect, because they didn't have to do anything in order to gain them. Then fast forward to today, with everything ultra-regulated, very few real liberties left, and in dire need of another revolution. How would you break that cycle?