Liberty lost?

I've been doing a lot of reading on the subject of liberty and freedom from some well known sources as the Magna Carta, USA constitution and bill of rights, the British North America Act, the 1960 Canadian bill of rights, and the Canadian Charter of Rights. These documents are the building blocks on which our societies were built and in my opinion the reason why they have thrived and been the leaders of the world.
 Why have I titled this post "Liberty lost?", well as I look around I see our societies in Britain, USA and Canada, and I see that more and more our societies continue to expect government to provide answers to all our problems, I see societies turn more and more control of  our everyday lives over to the ruling bodies, and I see societies ideologies that we must all be forced into agreeing with every aspect of life and not allowed to disagree or debate things without fear of ridicule or even worse prosecution.
  Governments are there to protect us not control us. Governments job is to ensure a level playing field for all, not to dictate how we are to do things. Our Governments job is to ensure that we have the freedom, liberty, and infrastructure to succeed and thrive as a society
  Then I have to ask have we lost liberty?  Have we forgotten what freedom means?  Have we forgotten that with freedom and liberty comes responsibility?  Or have we as a society become apathetic to taking and embracing said responsibilities?