RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: should be soon I can't claim credit for the cycle of democratic civilizations.....Some have attributed it to a Scottish lawyer from the mid 16th century,,but there is argument about that...
In my view it based on some of his writings but he did not write it,,,I think it's a compilation of new and old quotes....There is also this....
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.
But Tytler did not write that either, but many others over the years have retold the story....over and over to ears that did not hear or understand, and lots of empty heads.