I found the comments very interesting. A large percentage
of the comments were about "evil republicans" (probably because of
the website its posted on). As long as people continue to buy
into the partisan rhetoric, they will be blind to the fact that
politicians in general are slaves to the government and will do
anything to increase it/their power.
Posted by cwa82675 on 24th of Jul 2011 at 08:26 pm
EIGHT STAGES OF DEMOCRACY
1) From Bondage to Spiritual Faith
2) From Spiritual Faith to Great Courage
3) From Courage to Liberty
4) From Liberty to Abundance
5) From Abundance to Complacency
6) From Complacency to Apathy
7) From Apathy to Dependence
8) From Dependence to back into Bondage
These eight steps were written in 1787 by Professor Alexander
Tyler. The United States was in the planning process of a young and
fragile Democracy. So, this Professor took a look at the past and
tried to map out the evolution of a Democracy. He determined a time
line for these eight steps and an estimate of how long the process
would take, 200 years.
NOT SURE IF ANYONE SAW THIS COMING
Posted by dylan398 on 24th of Jul 2011 at 06:18 pm
BE AFRAID...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/23/super-congress-debt-ceiling_n_907887.html
I found the comments very
Posted by oops1e on 25th of Jul 2011 at 10:41 am
I found the comments very interesting. A large percentage of the comments were about "evil republicans" (probably because of the website its posted on). As long as people continue to buy into the partisan rhetoric, they will be blind to the fact that politicians in general are slaves to the government and will do anything to increase it/their power.
this is an article that
Posted by dylan398 on 25th of Jul 2011 at 10:46 am
this is an article that everyone must read....
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print#
So now we start to
Posted by PA on 25th of Jul 2011 at 10:28 am
So now we start to see the real reason they have stalled on agreement - they want to create another crisis so that they can grab more power.
ding..ding...ding we have a winner!!
Posted by dylan398 on 25th of Jul 2011 at 10:34 am
ding..ding...ding
we have a winner!!
This 2 party stuff is
Posted by steveo on 24th of Jul 2011 at 07:44 pm
This 2 party stuff is such a joke...you can pick the wolf or coyote to watch over the hen house
a sad state of affairs....
Posted by cwa82675 on 24th of Jul 2011 at 08:26 pm
EIGHT STAGES OF DEMOCRACY
1) From Bondage to Spiritual Faith
2) From Spiritual Faith to Great Courage
3) From Courage to Liberty
4) From Liberty to Abundance
5) From Abundance to Complacency
6) From Complacency to Apathy
7) From Apathy to Dependence
8) From Dependence to back into Bondage
These eight steps were written in 1787 by Professor Alexander Tyler. The United States was in the planning process of a young and fragile Democracy. So, this Professor took a look at the past and tried to map out the evolution of a Democracy. He determined a time line for these eight steps and an estimate of how long the process would take, 200 years.
This is made up (no Tyler existed & Alexander Tytler didn't write it)...
Posted by lessarda on 24th of Jul 2011 at 09:06 pm
but you can find the ideas expressed more simply and powerfully in Plato's Republicand Aristotle's Ethics.
I'd say we are at
Posted by marketguy on 24th of Jul 2011 at 08:51 pm
I'd say we are at step 6 (or maybe even as far as 7 for a good part of the country).....