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Originally Posted by lostforkate
interesting quote, I hope Alexis is wrong on the final outcome, but the premise of people voting for the benefits is correct.
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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The mindset of the country is changing. We're becoming an entitlement culture. It's all about "what can I get".