A Republic If You Can Keep It!

Always On Watch brings us a great piece on keeping a democracy.

My favorite bit...

beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these 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."

Does any of this sound familiar?

Read the whole thing.

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