Yes, but our Founders knew this and they did not want a democracy in the true sense of the word to avoid this problem- (THC do you know what a democracy is?) So, they structured a perfect constitutional republic. It worked very well for 200 years, but now the liberal vermin have infested every nook and cranny of our government and culture.
How do you like this analogy? The USA is like a beautiful well built house infested with termites (aka liberals). And, those termites have eaten the foundation to the point where the house is teetering and about to crumble.
I really like that analogy. It is so very apt.
Let's see... liberal vermin, meaning vermin who favor big, powerful central government over civil liberties (definition you already gave.)
According to your timeline, the government was kept small and unintrusive for 200 years, from 1787, when the Constitution was adopted, until 1987.
So, what happened in 1987 that suddenly started an out of control growth of government and decline of individual liberties?
Was it the beginning of deficit spending? That became popular around that time.
And, was FDR and the New Deal, then, a part of the halcyon days before those dreadful libs took over our country?