A Scary Obituary
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.
The Obituary follows:
Born 1776,
Died 2016
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul,
Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the last
Presidential election:
Number of States won by:
Obama: 19 — Romney: 29
Square miles of land won by:
Obama: 580,000 — Romney: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by:
Obama: 127 million — Romney: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Obama: 13.2
Romney: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory. Romney won
mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.
Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low-income
tenements and living off various forms of government welfare…”
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the
“complacency and apathy” phase of Professor Tyler’s definition of democracy,
With some forty-two percent of the nation’s population already having reached the
“governmental dependency” phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegals – and they vote – then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years!
If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.
If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how
much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom.
When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a
Nail!