The Human Animal (Humans)

by David Turell , Friday, August 14, 2009, 01:19 (5372 days ago) @ xeno6696

And now you know why I favor kings over democracy--everyone in my generation and in the one just before me feels entitled to health care. They don't see it as a privelege--and it IS a privelege. Someone always pays the doctor *somehow.* In a democracy--even in ours--if the plebs want something they can vote it for themselves. 
> Every great empire falls. - You are simply describing the fall of Athens as a democracy. It took less than 100 years to deplete the treasury. We are sure on the way.