Life Cycle of a Democracy



Although WyWatch firmly believes that the United States of America was founded as a REPUBLIC, the trend of our nation being called a Democracy and those within political leadership trying to move our nation in that direction should pay attention to The Life Cycle of a Democracy.
Although many have credited the below information to Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor, around the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, we were unable to verify that the quote is from his writings. The source of this is simply unknown at this time. However, we firmly believe that it holds truth in its content.
"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 gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the people will always vote for those 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."
The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:

  1. From bondage to spiritual faith;
  2. From spiritual faith to great courage;
  3. From courage to liberty;
  4. From liberty to abundance;
  5. From abundance to complacency;
  6. From complacency to apathy;
  7. From apathy to dependence;
  8. From dependence back into bondage.


“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NASB

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