Originally Posted by
gloopy
Well we're all screwed even since people figured out they can go the polls and vote themselves other people's money.
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy."
--Alexis de Tocqueville
I think we're there.