What has always been the case about people wanting a utopia but not dealing with sin?

Les teaches that the choice was between the promise of a King and Kingdom and the Savior, and Israel at Christ's first coming wanted the King and the Kingdom but did not want the Savior, because they would have had to deal with their sin ([s479]-[s483]). Les then applies the same pattern to today: offer America a utopian kingdom with a benevolent dictator or king, and people would buy it, because the world wants peace and prosperity and everything going smoothly. But tell America to deal with its sin problem, and they want no part of it ([s485]-[s494]). Les says that has always been the case: people want the prospect of a glorious utopia, but they do not want to deal with sin ([s495]-[s498]). He illustrates this with a gentleman who called, all wrapped up in sin, and expected the Lord to straighten it all out; Les told him sin is sin and cannot be glossed over ([s499]-[s509]). It was never any different. The Jews of Christ's day did not want to deal with their sin, but they wanted the Romans out of Jerusalem and the peace and prosperity a Messiah would bring ([s511]-[s518]).