A useful analogy I once heard: suppose I want the government to build a dam somewhere. It would be totally pointless to go to the riverbank and start piling up rocks myself.
on the other hand, if the dam is really important and you go out start piling up rocks, you might be surprised who shows up to join you.
lol what? Literally like all of human development is because somebody didn't want to sit around and wait for the government to solve their problems. This is such a crazy sentiment. It's literally the silly conservative talking point that liberals want the government to solve their problems.