America is now lingering on complete "dependence" ... What's next?
Cycle of Democracy
From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to selfishness;
From selfishness to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependency;
From dependency back again to bondage.
In his book "Democracy in America", Alexis DeTocqeville (circa 1848) had this to say:
"A Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of Government.
It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves
largesse (a liberal gift) out of public treasury.
From that moment on the majority always votes
for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury
with the result that Democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy,
always to be followed by a Dictatorship."