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Ah, yes. All the abject failures have resulted in an increased distrust in big, "unlimited" government, making it harder for that government to do more damage. In this particular case, look at how Obamacare passed by a whisker, and how votes for it have sent so many politicians home to spend more time with their families.

Or how the "stimulus" produced a counter-reaction that's got the establishment utterly terrified, and using the full force of the state to repress. Which doesn't tend to end well, per Pareto "history is a graveyard of aristocracies".