"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 left will have it be left wing dictatorship but as Pinochet showed in Chile it does not have to be so. Freedom and capitalism can be saved( as opposed to democracy which has nothing to do with freedom) but it can only be done if we are willing to do what it takes to crush the left.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." - Thomas Jefferson