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To: Cyber Liberty
Correct. Over 50% of the voting population has figured out it can vote itself largesse our of the nation's treasury, so it's just a matter of time now.

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 the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average of the world�s great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from faith 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 dependency; from dependency back again to bondage.

I think the man was on to something here, alas, we ignore at out own peril....

9 posted on 10/16/2013 3:43:39 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron ("Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism" Vladimir Lenin)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Who is the author of “A democracy cannot exist.......”?


11 posted on 10/16/2013 3:48:13 PM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: Las Vegas Ron
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government."

In subverting our Constitutional Republic, who are the self-identified enemies of the state?

/rhetorical

14 posted on 10/16/2013 4:03:58 PM PDT by Orbiter
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To: Las Vegas Ron

The welfare mamas and the food stamp crowd are nothing compared to the damage done by the crony capitalists, the too big to fail banksters, and the corporate welfare whores. As long as we keep our eyes shut to what is really being done, there will be no opposition to the real evil.


24 posted on 10/16/2013 4:50:52 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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