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I doubt that- it is classic unintended consequences, and since the US gov't has an entire history of the same to draw from, I doubt they're unintended-This is classic bad government producing the opposite effect of what it is trying to do.
The role of the US gov't is clearly out lined in the constitution, with it's intent pointed out in the preamble-
It's authority/power is limited- Obama, that great constitutional scholar, believed differently- and, (I turned 73 last month), I can't recall a POTUS, or congress, not over reaching it's authority in my life time- and according to History, I'd say all the way back to before the ink was dry on the rules of conduct for the not so virtuous-
Remember, the US is an experiment.
experiment: a tentative procedure or policy
an operation or procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover an unknown effect or law, to test or establish a hypothesis, or to illustrate a known law
At some point, the experiment has to come to a conclusion- good, bad or indifferent.
Jefferson believed the experiment would arrive at the presumed desired conclusion only if virtuous men were elected-
It seems, some of the founders believed men wanted freedom- apparently, in our time, citizens don't want freedom, or liberty, they just want their guy to win- they don't know why, either, they just do- R and D- neither side of the imaginary aisle in DC works to secure our liberty- they claim to be working to defend our democracy- that alone tell us all we need to know, since, words mean things- and yes, that is intended-