I think pretty much everybody grasps what he's saying. The difference is that some people are appalled by it and some people shrug and say, "Well, heck, it is a government, after all:you can't expect it to make omelets without breaking a few eggs."

"But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain--that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist." --Lysander Spooner, 1867