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To: TobagoJack who wrote (75497)	6/21/2011 8:50:45 PM
From: Arran Yuan	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217605

news.creaders.net Your cousin in Beijing? A negative tone due to sort of ignorance, nevertheless a very significant theme.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (75497)	6/21/2011 10:37:29 PM
From: 2MAR$	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217605

Nice reminder of professor Tyler , University of Edinburgh (1787) and his writing of those "stages of democracy" ( just about the same time our fathers were busy adopting the constitution ) * Good to read the preface too which am sure many a good Chinese scholar has read too "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship." "The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: 1. From bondage to spiritual faith; 2. From spiritual faith to great courage; 3. From courage to liberty; 4. From liberty to abundance; 5. From abundance to complacency; 6. From complacency to apathy; 7. From apathy to dependence; 8. From dependence back into bondage " Of course the Scottish Professor Tyler from Edinburgh was commenting on the fall of the Athenian Democracy 2000yrs earlier !

To: TobagoJack who wrote (75497)	6/21/2011 11:10:37 PM
From: bruiser98	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217605

It's bogus. snopes.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (75497)	6/23/2011 6:35:13 AM
From: Hawkmoon	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217605

This is BS.. The inherent flaw is that EVERY interest group that has control of governmental purse strings can "vote" themselves greater access to the treasury. It might be the nobility, or corporate elite who support the nobility, or the military who provide national defense and public "order" just as easily as it might be the voting masses. The difference in democracy is that people vote to distribute the national wealth, whereas without democracy, only the powerful are able to dip into the governmental trough. Hawk