since history is based upon human nature, and human nature doesn’t change, you can predict the end.
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It’s a great quote—scary and prescient. There is some disagreement as to its author, however.
When Clinton was elected, I expected to see a military coup in Washington. It did not happen.
I will be expecting to see one anytime now.
Duck an cover, lock and load.
Possibly true, but not said, at least in these words, by Tocqueville.
I’d really love for somebody to compile a list of “the world’s great civilizations,” with their starting and ending dates showing an average of 200 years.
The Chinese civilization is arguably at present around 3000 years old, the Japanese around 1500.
Rome lasted somewhere between 800 and 2000 years, depending on how you figure it.
yep, looks to be that way. It was wonderful while it lasted. Now me and my kids and my grandkids are in for that last part (dictatorship) and I’ll give you 3 guesses who the dictator is gonna be.
Don’t worry about any more elections—he’ll draft executive orders to cancel them, and Congress won’t do anything about it. Boehner will cry and cry and some of the outspoken ones in the Congress will wail against the administration, but the dems/liberals/communists in the government will watch from the sidelines. And of course, the SC justices will be bought and paid for with 30 pieces of silver, so don’t look to them for rescue either. The folks who voted for him will want him to rule them forever cuz they worship him and faint at his feet.
We are done. Best to get to know Jesus really fast and be ready for His return. That’s the last real great hope this world has.
That is exactly what is going on here. We probably reached the tipping point some time ago, but last night was proof we’ve passed it. Like an economist can’t say for sure if a recession is on/off for months after the actual date, we had to be past it to see it.
Quite a shame, really. I have no idea where else to go now that it’s a sure thing this country is going to fail, and there’s nothing any of us can do to stop it.
de Tocqueville was merely reflecting on history than any educated man of his time understood. When Ben Franklin was asked about the new constitution he quipped “We have given you a republic, if you can keep it.” The Founders and the men who wrote the constitution fully understood history and the inherent danger of a democracy. They knew very well what happened to Athens, Rome, Florence, Hanover and Venice. They tried to establish a Republic with checks, balances and insulate government policy from whims and passions. Well it seems after 225 years human nature has caught up with this grand noble experiment. Obama is simply a catastrophic manifestation of American decline. Things will get very ugly.
Yes, I agree with this. It’s part of why I correctly predicted Obama would win this election. We have crossed the tipping point and are on the decline. The powers that be will probably kick the can for another few years, but make no mistake it - there is likely no turning back till the economy completely implodes. It is near impossible to wean a society from socialism that has voluntarily chosen it. Things literally need to collapse before it is reversed.
Most Americans today don't even seem to understand what virtue is, much less endeavor to be virtuous.
Of course, our culture seems to be directed towards females these days. I guess we are learning what living in a matriarchal society is like.
Most Americans today don't even seem to understand what virtue is, much less endeavor to be virtuous.
Of course, our culture seems to be directed towards females these days. I guess we are learning what living in a matriarchal society is like.
I believe that quote is from Alexander Fraser Tyler not deToqueville
http://famousquotessite.com/famous-quotes-6934-alexander-fraser-tyler-cycle-of-democracy-1770.html
The next 10 to 12 months should prove revelatory.
“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
Nah. Ours has a built in 'reboot' option... Tho I would agree in as far as the time for a reboot is drawing perilously near.
Quite true. We are in trouble when a huge proportion of the voters has no (in the words of Obama) “skin in the game.=”. Another writer, Theodore Dalrymple, wrote that a society that jettisons morality will always require a big government to rescue it from the consequences of its immorality. We are seeing that.
I am trying to be positive but at the moment I keep seeing in my mind a video I saw during the Cash for Clunkers program. It showed the death of a late-model luxury car deliberately sabotaged, valiantly struggling to keep running until it finally seizes up. I really hope that isn’t a harbinger of things to come for the nation.
Most democrat voters have never heard of de Tocqueville, and democratic party leaders want to keep it that way, and so does the liberal press, and so do teachers and professors.
To have an electorate which is completely informed, would mean the end of the democratic party.
The USA 1776 to 2012....RIP!!