america was once the most free and properous country in the world. now there's laws everywhere!! the government is there only to insure that no one dies unnecessarily. but where are laws against abortion?!?!?! where are laws against police brutality??!?!?! don't tell me to chill!!! why the hell do we have laws against guns when people murder their children!?!??! **** the government!!!! can we ever wake up!?!?!?! or will america go down like the rest of the great empire's of the past!?!?!? or will somebody say something?!?!?!?
2006-11-13 08:28:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You really sound like an idiot. I like idiots. Yes, check the timeline of democracies and you will find that they historically have given way to fascist states within 200 years or so. Waking up people who are this far gone will be a herculean feat, especially when the youth of today think Matchbox 20 and Green Day is punk rock.
2006-11-13 08:32:16 · answer #1 · answered by shrill alarmist, I'm sure 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
alot of people have said the republics always go to left to a dictatorship but heres proof.
This is an excerpt on the cycle of democratic nations:
"About the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, 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 prior:
"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."
"The average age of the worlds greatest civilizations from the 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 (on governement)
8. From dependence back into bondage "
Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 Presidential election:
1. Population of counties won by: Gore: 127 million; Bush: 143 million;
2. Square miles of land won by: Gore: 580,000; Bush: 2,427,000;
3. States won by: Gore: 19 Bush: 29 (yet Gore almost won the Presidency)
4. Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Gore: 13.2, Bush 2.1
Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won was mostly the land owned by the tax-paying citizens of this great country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements living off government welfare." Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency & apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some 40 percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental dependency" phase. Thats right, living totally off the governments checks.
2006-11-13 17:01:51 · answer #2 · answered by CaptainObvious 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no laws against police brutality???? Man, could have fooled me when the two cops in Dallas got 10 years for beating the snot off a ***_ger there.
Shhhhhh. Chill out.
2006-11-13 16:31:31 · answer #3 · answered by Leftistan from Berkeleystan 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Tho' you do have a bit of a problem expressing yourself....I agree with you. Every day I read the news I become enraged! It's up to people like you and me to make changes. If we can influence a few people, they can influence a few, etc.... We don't have the power we need, but it's up to us to use our voice to speak up! Keep trying, never give up, and never tolerate the status quo!
2006-11-13 16:32:26 · answer #4 · answered by favrd1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep. It's sad. Our government has appointed itself as guardian to all, and obviously knows what is best for all of us. It has granted itself the right to take away our rights in order to protect us from ourselves.
2006-11-13 16:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by smellyfoot ™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go enlist in the Marines, spend a little time in Afghanistan or Iraq, and then let us know what you think about the US. Betcha you think maybe we're not so bad after all...
2006-11-13 16:33:10 · answer #6 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You complain about too many laws, but then you also complain about the lack of certain laws.
The U.S. will fall one day, just like every other great civilization. It'll be the corruption in politics that will bring us down, much like the Romans.
2006-11-13 16:31:37 · answer #7 · answered by Daniel C 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
"america was once the most free and properous country in the world." Still are.
2006-11-13 16:31:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
History has a way of repeating itself.
2006-11-13 16:31:28 · answer #9 · answered by Emm 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You're talking about Ohio, right?
2006-11-13 16:42:43 · answer #10 · answered by Overt Operative 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋