Mankind accepts and expects good fortune as his due.
When bad occurs he's quick to conclude it was aimed at him, done to him; a curse, impropriety, or malfeasance.
Men do not want freedom because it comes with the unrelenting lash of responsibility:
They want to be fed, entertained, and granted privilege to exercise petty power. (h/t AF)
Its unfortunate that neither the spectres of famine, vapidity, nor venial transgression
undermine the conviviality of civilization as quickly as pettifogging squabbles.