I never did Gant.
Also people will be stupid because they are, by and large, idiots. That's the price of freedom though, and while we may not like things certain other people do or say, if it isn't directly having a negative impact it shouldn't be interfered with. Also a government that has lots of power and can give you everything can also take everything away. Just as we know people can be real pieces of work, what makes you think that changes when people get into politics?
****, if government is that powerful, it encourages the whole politics for power/status and not for civil SERVICE, which is what politicians are supposed to be, servants not rulers. Give people like that power to dictate our lives, even though they could choose not to and use their powers for our benefit, and take a wild guess at what would happen.
Society is very strongly self governing in a lot of ways, we are social animals and we have developed that characteristic, we don't need such strong overt government control, it has historically pretty much always led to unrest and revolt.