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2004-08-04 12:14:23 UTC
Democracy
At about the time our original 13 states adopted
their new constitution, in the year 1787, Alexander
Tyler (a Scottish history professor at The
University of Edinborough) 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 due to 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
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."
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University
School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out
some interesting facts concerning the most recent
Presidential election:
Population of counties won by:
Gore=127 million
Bush=143 million
Square miles of land won by:
Gore=580,000
Bush=2,2427,000
States Won By
Gore=19
Bush=29
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties
won by:
Gore=13.2
Bush=2.1
Professor Olson adds:
"In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won
was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying
citizens of this great country.
Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens
living in government-owned tenements and living
off government welfare..."
Olson believes the U.S. is now somewhere
between the "complacency and "apathy" phase of
Professor Tyler's definition of democracy; with
some 40 percent of the nation's population already
having reached the "governmental dependency"
phase.
Pass this along to help everyone realize just how
much is at stake in this Election Year and that
apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
"Falling down doesn't make us a failure....
staying down does"
At about the time our original 13 states adopted
their new constitution, in the year 1787, Alexander
Tyler (a Scottish history professor at The
University of Edinborough) 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 due to 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
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."
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University
School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out
some interesting facts concerning the most recent
Presidential election:
Population of counties won by:
Gore=127 million
Bush=143 million
Square miles of land won by:
Gore=580,000
Bush=2,2427,000
States Won By
Gore=19
Bush=29
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties
won by:
Gore=13.2
Bush=2.1
Professor Olson adds:
"In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won
was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying
citizens of this great country.
Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens
living in government-owned tenements and living
off government welfare..."
Olson believes the U.S. is now somewhere
between the "complacency and "apathy" phase of
Professor Tyler's definition of democracy; with
some 40 percent of the nation's population already
having reached the "governmental dependency"
phase.
Pass this along to help everyone realize just how
much is at stake in this Election Year and that
apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
"Falling down doesn't make us a failure....
staying down does"