From Plato's "Republic"

"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 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."

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• 一针见脓胞！！！ -篱笆08- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:10:03

• 厉害!应该置顶. -尚文- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:18:19

• 的确，很难教育voters to sacrifice now for deferred gratification。 -燕京十景- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:22:22

• 政治就该是精英玩的，他们吃饱了才放得下，能专心打造崇高理想 -伊敏- ♀ (57 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:31:28

• 族裔有差别，日本人德国人会毫不犹豫，中国人韩国人会讨价还价然后也同意 -mooseamoose- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:32:18

• 再看看西班牙人希腊人，其他的我觉得大家都心知肚明了 -mooseamoose- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:32:59

• 北欧才社会主义呢, 过得挺好. 正例反例都能找到. -worriedmom1- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:34:37

• 北欧的自然资源非常丰富,人均自然资源超过沙特 -NEWHNAD- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/08/2012 postreply 10:46:25

• 美国并非普选制. -worriedmom1- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:32:50

• exceptionalism建立在宗教和无知基础上就无敌了 -mooseamoose- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:34:08

• Sorry, the quote is from Tyler rather than Plato -BeLe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:52:30

• 那是说过老百姓听的民主，现在的选举中参杂了太多的议题，资本加以 -ra3940- ♂ (78 bytes) () 11/08/2012 postreply 14:11:57