Dear Chaim,
One of the most disturbing aspects of man is that he has a need to be ruled, he has a need to surrender his freedom for the sake of establishing a government that will take care of him. It seems like a paradox, but man is burdened by freedom. If you look at the most oppressive and brutal regimes since the French revolution, all of these horrible dictators, tyrants, and evil rulers were adored by the populations of their society, including: Hirohito, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler (ym"sh), Pinochet, Pol Pot, Mao, Idi Amin, Kim il Sung, Chavez, and so on. I won't even get into the islamic rulers. (They are a different kettle of fish altogether).
All of these evil dictators substituted themselves for G-d, and they outlawed G-d from public life. And the people who voted for these monsters were rewarded with gulag, Auschwitz, and forced famines.
What is it in the human condition that prohibits people from learning from history? Why do millions or even billions of people continue to make the same mistake? Even in America, a society which has profitted unmeasurably from its freedom, people just sent to Washington a gang of racist, repressive, socialists. Is it that the grass is always greener? I don't think that the average American who voted for Obama is necessarily stupid or evil. Perhaps they are just incredibly weak.
How do you explain this enormous flaw in people, that they continuously vote for people who will choke the life out of them? What is the matter with people?
Thanks,
Zachor_ve_kavod.