tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post2343836242859155828..comments2023-09-17T01:59:30.592-07:00Comments on <b>Remembrance in Spacetime</b>: A (very) short course in American history, government and economicsTheBigHenryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post-19869595506931209042012-12-03T08:14:10.544-08:002012-12-03T08:14:10.544-08:00"When the people find that they can vote them..."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -- Benjamin Franklin<br /><br />"There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." -- John Adams<br /><br />"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty." -- Benjamin Franklin<br />TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5909266595230883267.post-26860460140947275642012-12-03T06:09:42.414-08:002012-12-03T06:09:42.414-08:00On democracy...
“‘Bread and Circuses’ is the canc...On democracy...<br /><br />“‘Bread and Circuses’ is the cancer of democracy, the fatal disease for which there is no cure. Democracy often works beautifully at first. But once a state extends the franchise to every warm body, be he producer or parasite, that day marks the beginning of the end of the state. For when the plebs discover that they can vote themselves bread and circuses without limit and that the productive members of the body politic cannot stop them, they will do so, until the state bleeds to death…”<br /><br />--- Robert A HeinleinSecular Apostatenoreply@blogger.com