Every democracy in history has degraded to such a society. The first symptom is government handouts, as that leads to a needy people, and a government that provides their every need.

All roads lead to Rome, as all one has to do is study its history and see that what went on there, is happening in the corporation we call the United States.
They remove you from your rural base that allowed you to grow and sell your own products (independence) and sell them in the marketplace.
They then provide you with products (i.e. bread, oils, salts, etc.), then you forget how to produce your own (dependent).
They provide you with entertainment (to distract you from the tyranny they're exacting on you).
In the meantime, they get wealthy and powerful, while you become a 'worker bee' for their constituent companies, or stay home and collect their handouts.

God wants us to know history, so that we are not victims of its repetition (yes, Satan is a like a broken record, he does the same things everytime).

Ecclesiastes 3:15 That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by.