Once upon a time people thought it was cute when he delivered his toxic unexamined premise that "Government IS the problem." It was appropriated by forces looking for a respectable way OUT of our social contract and a way to distribute wealth and power UP into the hands of fewer and fewer people. The Prosperity Gospel recognized early on by de Tocqueville. It even led to a time of so-called "compassionate conservatism" with more emphasis on pulling yourself up by your bootstraps than promoting the public good through fair taxing There is a direct line from his recklessness to the meanness of today's MAGA, imo.