Maybe.
2006-10-09 15:55:03
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answered by Kiss 1
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Here are some rather sobering facts about countries like ours in the past and how they comparte to where we are at. From the time our original thirteen 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 earlier:
"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 vote 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 world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years."
"During those 200 years, those 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"
Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase.
If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called illegals and they vote, then we can say goodbye to the USA in fewer than five years.
2006-10-10 00:56:35
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answered by crusinthru 6
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You gotta be kiddin'. The USA is still the most powerful country in the world. Do you think we will just lie down and let our country go to whomever. You should read the story of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese thought the same thing as you.. Look it up.. They won't try that again....
2006-10-09 23:00:55
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answer #3
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answered by bt086 1
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with everytthing that is going on i think all america is going down isz on the wages with all the tax money going on a war and a wall is money thats just getting blowed away like nothing and the only reason USA is so powerful is because of the help of other countries becaus america would have not gone as far as it is
2006-10-09 23:02:25
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answered by chicana 2
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A few more years of what we've seen for the last six, and it's all over but the cheering. Just remember, it's not what you think. But it is.
2006-10-09 23:02:07
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answered by Kim 4
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No, just going through some difficult times. God, because we are a nation under God, will provide.
2006-10-09 23:04:54
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answered by Anonymous
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Most definitely. Down and out. Forever. And ever.
2006-10-09 22:58:16
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answered by vinny_the_hack 5
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Going down on what love ?
2006-10-09 22:57:44
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answered by Annie 1
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Going down on your hot latina women.
2006-10-09 22:57:13
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answered by Have gun, will travel. 4
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No America is not going down, But I'll bet you do !
2006-10-09 22:56:48
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answered by g_man 5
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No. While you worry about illegal immigrants because you hate Mexicans, China is slowly becoming the new superpower.
2006-10-09 22:55:36
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answered by Anonymous
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