Predicted in 1887. A scary obituary

[cateyes1]

 

In 1887
 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at
 the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about
 the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years
 prior: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it
 simply cannot exist as a permanent form of
 government. A democracy will continue to exist up
 until the time that voters discover that they can
 vote themselves generous gifts from the public
 treasury. From that moment on, the majority always
 votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits
 from the public treasury, with the result that every
 democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal
 policy, (which is) always followed by
 a dictatorship."
 "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the

beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those
 200 years, these nations always progressed through
 the following sequence: From bondage to
 spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great
 courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty
 to abundance; From abundance to complacency;
 From complacency to apathy; From apathy to
 dependence; From dependence back into bondage.

 

 "The Obituary follows:


 Born 1776,


 Died 2016


 Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University
 School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, points out
 some interesting facts concerning the last
 Presidential election:

 Number of States won by:
 Obama: 19 Romney: 29
 Square miles of land won by:
 Obama: 580,000 Romney: 2,427,000
 Population of counties won by:

Obama: 127 million Romney: 143 million

 Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won
 by: Obama: 13.2 Romney: 2.1

 Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory
 Romney won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens
 of the country.

Obama territory mostly encompassed those
 citizens living in low-income tenements and living
 off various forms of government welfare..."

 Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between
 the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor
 Tyler's definition of democracy, with
 some forty-percent of the nation's population already having
 reached the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million
 criminal invaders called illegal’s - and they vote - then we can say
 goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.

 If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.

 If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just
 how much is at stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to freedom.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and
 to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God,
 indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

 

[cwillard1]

Wow that is very interesting to read about.  Thanks

[southernhorizons]

I read that on facebook. Yes it is scary, but actually this country was not founded to be a democracy, but a republic. Somehow it got distorted.

[Falconer02]

This is mostly false.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/athenian.asp

[BlackSheepNY]

I read that on facebook. Yes it is scary, but actually this country was not founded to be a democracy, but a republic. Somehow it got distorted.

Thank YOU, southernhorizons!!!  A REPUBLIC!!!  Something way too many people today have no idea we were BORN AS and still ARE!