Posted on 03/12/2021 4:23:48 AM PST by Kaslin
Sir Alexander Tytler was a Scottish advocate, judge, writer, and historian. Lord Tytler lived from 1747 until 1813; about the time of Washington, Adams, and Jefferson in America. Tytler was a professor at the University of Edinburgh. One of Tytler's most influential and proverbial historical writings was about the lifespan of countries operating under democratic republican governance. Tytler believed the life expectancy of a self-ruled nation was about 200 years.
Tytler was very dismissive about who holds the real power in a democratic republic or even a pure democracy. He felt these types of government do not last, cannot sustain themselves, and eventually crumble because of human nature. History repeats itself because human nature does not change. Tytler's most famous historical and yet futuristic prediction was the "Eight Stages of a Democracy." After studying human nature as well as past history, Tytler predicted the "Eight Stages of a Democracy." A brief reading sure makes one nervous about America's future.
"Eight Stages of a Democracy."1) Bondage to Spiritual Faith
2) Spiritual Faith to Great Courage
3) Great Courage to Liberty
4) Liberty to Abundance
5) Abundance to Selfishness
6) Selfishness to Apathy
7) Apathy to Dependence
8) Dependence back to Bondage
The study of Tytler's analysis can be sobering. A great many Americans, including 80 million Trump voters, are inclined to feel we're at stage #7 and closing in on #8 fast. Surely you would think that even the Americans who have placed their guy in the White House must see some of the danger signs. The Biden/Harris administration has declared war on religion. The Biden/Harris regime is criminalizing political dissent. There are way too many Americans who live only on government assistance and handouts. Our borders are being overrun by illegal immigrants for whom there are no jobs.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
There’s no if about it.
The interesting thing about the bondage phase is that is a relatively small number of individuals who hold the rest in bondage.
But—you have to get to the courage phase before the public is ready to take care of business.
The Southern States saving the Republic would be ironic and absolutely awesome - the ultimate atonement for even the harshest critics of Southern culture.
The Founders knew that in order to preserve Liberty it is essential that not only must the Constitution limit the power of the central government (Jefferson: "In questions of power, let us hear no more of trust in men, but rather bind them down from mischief with the chains of the Constitution."), but its preservation had to be maintained through a highly structured -- and difficult to execute -- amendment process.
Unfortunately (tragically, even) this process has been corrupted in recent years by "amendment through executive action". And now, in the Era of Covid (alternatively, the Era of Cowardice), the Constitution has lost even its most basic defender/protector -- the US Supreme Court -- which has undeniably lost interest in carrying out its primary responsibility as most of its member justices no longer regard their oaths as inviolate.
Prior to 1747, exactly how many countries were governed by democratic systems, and how many by tribal elders, kings, or emperors? Tytler may be right, but it seems to me that he had a pretty small sample from which to draw conclusions.
It’s a shame that Sir Alexander Tytler never got to see Trump.
Unless it's 1860.
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