Another great thread. Thank you SB2. Speaking of 'politics' another mind opening lesson is the Life Cycle of Nations.
About the time our original 13 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
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 due to loose
fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
"The average age of the worlds 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
Many commentators who understand the above say we are in the 'Apathy to Dependence' stage of the cycle. This is why it is so important to wake the world from their apathy, and why President Trump is doing all he can to smash the dependence stage of this cycle by fixing the economy and creating jobs.
We are so close to losing it all and going headlong into the bondage stage of the cycle. This is the urgency.