It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
"Vote for the crook, it's important"
They're not tormenting for your own good. Don't be naive, dumbass. (Yes, I know it's a C.S. Lewis quote.)
You're right. I should have said that they don't actually have a conscience.