First part, Yes they are, slowly but surely. Even Thomas Jefferson once said (who was a founding father and a LIBERAL) "I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive."
This country was intended to be a REPUBLIC not a DEMOCRACY. Do some research and you will find many quotes here is one: They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither. He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security. He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.
Its not about Religion, its about the Constitution of the United States of America. there is no interpretation in that. (though many people would have you think so..) Our rights are very slowly slipping away, while being told to look the other way. Thats why so many people don't think they have anything to fear.
Thomas Jefferson (liberal) "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it." "Was the government to prescribe to us our medicine and diet, our bodies would be in such keeping as our souls are now." "When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Cannot hold democrats responsible for something republicans and bi-partisans made legal or created the access for. The gov has not been legitimate according to Constitutional requirements for many years. It's not destructive or "broken", it's corrupt.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.