Also attrributed to Tytler ...
"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. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage."
They rounded up the natives and put them on reservations. Crossed
the oceans to Africa and brought in their native peoples to work
the land and cook, clean, and wash for the landed gentry. Then the
system changed with the Civil War and the slaves were freed. And as
time progress the gov’t became the provider of money, dictator of
the rules of life, etc. for all.
Today thousands upon thousands have crossed the oceans/lands to the
shores of this country to take part as the recipients of the wealth. Things
are changing fast and it is away from the freedom of the human to gov’t
control of all things. JMO.