zitothebrave
Connoisseur of Minors
Boop
David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My country is a horror show'
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Boop
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
i don't think it is what we have at all
sturg33
I
Why you have thought that, when the conversation was about capitalism?
sturg33
I
In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:
A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship.
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.
A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship.
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage.
weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
Poor word choice on my part. I meant more of a mix rather than a balance.
What an oracle. Now show me thr part where he predicted greed on wall street, robots and machines replacing manual labor, technology wiping out industries of jobs, nuclear weapons, and automatic rifles.
cajunrevenge
Well-known member
Estonia.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
That's a clown evasion, bro.
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
Thanks for answering the question. What qualities, in your opinion, set Estonia apart from the US?
weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
They can buy booze on Sunday morning.
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
So can (and do) I.
weso1
<B>Clique Leader</B>
You live in Estonia?
jpx7
Very Flirtatious, but Doubts What Love Is.
Nope: just a permissive little corner of the good ol' Land o' Lincoln.
Oklahomahawk
Boras' Client
That would explain a lot wouldn't it???
Julio3000
<B>A Chip Off the Old Rock</B>
Maybe Colorado, where you can get legally estoned.
