Social security is just one example. Since politics is contrary to proprietorship, it is hostile to human welfare by nature. This is an irredeemable defect that cannot be remedied, reformed or mitigated. Notice how the political response to the glaring inequities in the governmental schemes of coercive redistribution is nothing more than a massage of dizzy formulas leaving rake- offs untouched. If one examines the government privatization movement that is currently fashionable with some politicians, he will find more political ploys instead of any political reforms.
Real privatization is as unthinkable for politicians as abdication, and for the same reason.
Many people are in the habit of romancing politicians to some extent, even if in a negative sort of way. Politicians in office crave gratuitous recognition, especially if it extols a supposed omnipotence in their position ordinary people should fear. People should be aware that this is just the kind of mystique politics thrives on. Paying your taxes without their having to call the cops on you is favor enough. Politicians are actually naked like the prancing king portrayed by H.C. Andersen in one of his famous fairy tales.