I left this question on SE:
Who creates the demand for a welfare state? Politicians or citizens? Or both?
And why?
The first welfare state in the Western world came by way of Otto von Bismarck (still one of my all-time favorite names. So strong) in Prussia. In this way, the answer to the question is politician. So if it's correct to assume they start it using the Bismarck or even FDR model, then it follows some but not all citizens will like it and demand for more. At which point the vicious circle begins since politicians will have an incentive to oblige in order to get votes.
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