Shots Across the Bow

Pulp fiction my ass!

Pulp fiction my ass! From Samizdata comes the following quote:

A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess from the public treasury. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.

Sir Alex Frazer Tytler

I first came across this idea in a pulp science fiction novel by Robert Heinlein that my teachers said would rot my brain, cause me to waste my god given talents, and cause hair to grow on my palms.

So they got one out of three right!*grin*

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“[A Church Divided Over Leaders] I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.”