> The expansion you're talking about is true, of course. It's just true of, say, ...
It's also true of the welfare state, contrary to what you're dishonestly insinuating.
> any shred of help for the poor, the uneducated, or the disabled
You're dishonestly implying that government programs are the only form of aid, whereas the empirical evidence shows that private charity is much more cost effective.
https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/article/fixin...
https://www.theadvocates.org/2013/06/effective-government-we...