Tytler was correct.
Posted on: January 18, 2023 at 08:20:53 CT
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"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy"
I think our Constitutional Republic slowed this but only until people discovered how to simply go around the Constitutional restraints in our system.
It is yet to be seen if his final statement is correct but we are definitely seeing the first part right now.