RE: A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
And it cannot survive a citizenry that cannot discern the existence of such treason and continue voting such people into office.
—” it cannot survive a citizenry that cannot discern the existence of such treason”
We will see how this plays out.
Also:
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy”
Said AL Tytler, an old Scottsman.