Zimbler0:
re: "Somebody in here (probably Decomposed) posted about the Achilles heel of democracy - when the turds are able to vote themselves someone else's money it will soon be 'game over' . . ."
I've posted on that topic several times, including once recently. I'm not taking credit, though. Others have talked about it too. It all goes back to this famous quote:
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. These nations have progressed through this sequence: 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 apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.
― Alexander Fraser Tytler
-- which an American scholar then shortened:
When the people find that they can vote themselves money that will herald the end of the republic.
― Benjamin Franklin
Gold is $1,581/oz today. When it hits $2,000, it will be up 26.5%. Let's see how long that takes. - De 3/11/2013 - ANSWER: 7 Years, 5 Months
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