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作者：bystander 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
“民主并不是一种可以长久维持的管治制度。当选民发现他们可以利用投票权，选出一些承诺大洒金钱的候选人，大多数群众都不会抗拒甜言蜜语的诱惑，直到国库空虚、民穷财尽的时候，民主制度就会土崩瓦解，被独裁取而代之。历史上伟大的文明平均只有二百年寿命，盛衰兴替的过程都有迹可寻：由奴役到虔信，由虔信到勇敢，由勇敢到自由，由自由到丰裕，由丰裕到自私，由自私到自满，由自满到冷漠，由冷漠到依赖，由依赖再次回到奴役。”
引文录自某英文论坛，原文如下:
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising them the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that a democracy always collapses over a loss of fiscal responsibility, always followed by a dictatorship. The average of the world's great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again to bondage."
Written by Alexander Fraser Tytler in "The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic" 1776.
作者：bystander 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org |
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民主制度不能长久维持？
