Why Democracy Is Overrated

IWB ^ | Daniel Carter

[davikkm]

I know, speaking disparagingly about democracy is considered blasphemy by most Americans. For many decades, US citizens have been taught to uncritically support the democratic system. Both republicans and democrats have accepted democracy as the only viable option of governance. However, what if I told you that the founders of the US were terrified that their beloved system would someday turn into a democracy?

This wasn’t just one or two founding fathers that had some oddball ideas. Almost every founder once warned us of this corrupt system. Below are just some of their numerous criticisms:

[Nifster]

So you think the EC means nothing?

[Swordmaker]

Exactly:

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.

The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. Great nations rise and fall. The people go from bondage to spiritual truth, to great courage, from courage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to selfishness, from selfishness to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy to dependence, from dependence back again to bondage”. — Alexander Fraser Tytler – (1747 – 1813) – Professor of Universal History, Greek and Roman Antiquities – University of Edinburgh

[Lurker]

“we’ll so weaken your economy
that you will fall like over ripe fruit into our hands. “

How’d that work out, Niki?

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[Yosemitest]

That’s a great quote !

[Yosemitest]

Under the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF, it was right on schedule !