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The problem is a real clash of civilizations within our own culture.

In a democracy, 51% can vote to enslave 100%. If you are part of the 49% that still wants to live in freedom, what do you do? You can complain that the 49 were too weak willed, but the fact remains that the culture as a whole has lost its love of liberty.

And that is precisely my observation. The average American now will gladly give up his freedom for the right to control his neighbor. And the average American will gladly give up his freedom in order to get a free payday.

The lottery, lawsuit, SSI mentality has won out over the work ethic of putting on foot in front of another. And who in America is not happy to sign on to the subdivision rules dictating the color of your house paint, banning you from fixing your car, and the like?

The average American now will gladly give up his freedom for the right to control his neighbor. And the average American will gladly give up his freedom in order to get a free payday.

Spot on. The former are in great attendance here.

"And the average American will gladly give up his freedom in order to get a free payday"

Sadly true. Alexander Tyler wrote, "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the public treasure. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most money from the public treasury, with the result being that democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy followed by a dictatorship." He was writing about the fall of the Athenian Republic, but it sure sounds like the U.S. today.