“Democracy has disappeared in several great nations, not because the people of those nations dislike
democracy, but because they have grown tired of unemployment and insecurity, of seeing their children hungry
they sat helpless in the face of government confusion and government weakness…Finally in desperation, they
chose to sacrifice liberty in the hope of getting something to eat.”
-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1938)
According to the quote, why did President Roosevelt think so many people gave up on democracy?