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The inherent dilemma of a democracy:
Early 19th century Professor
Alexander Tytler described the dilemma of democracy in the following
comments about ancient Athens:
"A democracy cannot exist as
a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters
discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury.
From that moment on the majority always votes 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 dictatorship.
The average age of the world's greatest civilization has been 200 years.
These nations have progressed through the following sequence: