How Long Do We Have?

About the time our original thirteen states adopted their
new constitution in 1787, 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 earlier:

'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 they can vote themselves generous gifts
from the public treasury.
'

'From that moment on, the majority always vote for the
candidates who promise the most benefits from the public
treasury, with the result that every democracy will
finally collapse due to 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, those

nations always progressed through the following sequence:

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 back into bondage'
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I found this one very interesting, and indeed, disturbing. I would say we're between complacency and apathy.

I'm curious- what do you all think?










This announcement of my team being CONFERENCE CHAMPS shall be posted here lest I wind up spamming the f-list.

Winter track in a month! Here's hoping I get NO MORE FLIPPING INJURIES. This whole being out since March thing was so unholy... It seriously gets frustrating.

Now if only the NCAA had racewalking... yes, I know I've complained about it not being present in the past, and I will continue to do thus until it is part of NCAA.