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  • How Democracies Become Tyrannies

    02/16/2009 9:46:22 AM PST · by Tolik · 75 replies · 2,943+ views
    americanthinker.com ^ | February 16, 2009 | Ed Kaitz
    Back in 1959 the philosopher Eric Hoffer had this to say about Americans and America: For those who want to be left alone to realize their capacities and talents this is an ideal country.  That was then. This is now. Flash forward fifty years to the election of Barack Obama and a hard left leaning Democrat Congress. What Americans want today, apparently, is a government that has no intention of leaving any of us alone.  How could Hoffer have been so wrong about America? Why did America change so quickly? Can a free people willingly choose servitude?  Is it possible...