That's the classic definition of how democracies fail - when the voters realize that they can vote money from the public treasury to themselves. When you have majority of such voters the democracy turns into a feeding frenzy of hyenas around the not yet dead body of the republic. Those of us who still have hopes are writhing with pain as lifeblood is sucked out of our businesses; but we cannot do anything. The Lumpenproletariat tasted our blood and he liked it. He is coming for more.
This is not an accident; it could happen only after decades of careful nurturing of the bottom feeders, of the lazy, of the welfare queens, of the ignorant, and of the stupid. It could never happen in a society that forces an able man to work or to die. Obama's siren call to join his social assistance programs is just the latest illustration. Once you have the critical mass, the man who controls the free food also controls the country.
As I said yesterday, conservatives (Ron Paul and others) are retiring or dying from old age. They are not being replaced because the younger generation is entirely brainwashed, if not already dependent on the government. The GOP will move to the left accordingly, just like it did in this election, to track the sentiments of an average voter. Make no mistake, today's political parties are not fighting for an idea - they are only fighting for power. True conservatives are seen as crazy (and Ron Paul is an illustration of that, when he is not actually crazy :-) This makes it impossible to elect a conservative leader - not today, and not in the future. Not until the voters' addiction to the government's food and care is broken. This can happen only after the government has no food to give out. Then the government falls; it's anyone's guess who will gain power at that point. It won't be pretty because the masses will be running around with torches and pitchforks, looking for someone who *will* give them free food that they require for survival. (Note that many of them cannot work at all, being illiterate and uneducated. Plenty of today's ghetto dwellers are already like that.) If you ask me, at that point half of the country will be facing an extinction event. Only foreign help - which always comes with strings attached - can save them.
I live in NYC and am 37 years old self employed white guy. Trust me, i know.
I think we are finished TBH. I look around, see the crap people post on FB, see what walks around in the streets, etc.
I ask myself - “is this a population of people who prefer freedom or slavery?”
The answer is easy.