From Plato's "Republic" from 子女壇

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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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• 現在世界上所有的國家都是Republic, 民主製作為國家形式早就不存在了 -Warsteiner- ♂ (224 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:31:08

• "which is always followed by democracy again."To mkae it complet -halfdummy- ♂ (0 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:31:28

• 有點不知所雲哦。美國這麽長時間的民主了，不是很好？ -遊玩了- ♀ (65 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:32:43

• 社會在進步，人們的智力也在進步。像這次選舉，很多有錢人，不為20%減稅所動心 -相對強度- ♂ (48 bytes) () 11/07/2012 postreply 20:45:46