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Politics : American Presidential Politics and foreign affairs -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (11313)	8/25/2006 4:11:48 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase. That's pretty much where I would place us on the scale. Scary thought.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (11313)	1/28/2009 1:20:22 PM
From: Peter Dierks	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

When people discover they can vote themselves the keys to the treasury the downhill slide to bondage accelerates. ...................... “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy." Attributed to:ALEXANDER FRASER TYTLER, LORD WOODHOUSELEE on page 12A of the Daily Oklahoman on December 9, 1951(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/FreePdfViewer.aspx?img=65090381&firstvisit=true&terms=Tytler) by: Elmer T. Peterson in a letter to the editor. The Attribution is unverified. ........................ "The ancient systole and diastole of history has repeated itself in country after country:" Bondage to Spiritual Faith; Spiritual Faith to Courage; Courage to Freedom; Freedom to Abundance; Abundance to Selfishness; Selfishness to Complacency; Complacency to Apathy; Apathy to Fear; Fear to Dependency; Dependency to Bondage Henning Webb Prentis, Jr. 1946 / 1949