Rarely have democracies survived beyond 200 years. Will we repeat history?

[Syzygist]

Every time I ask a history teacher why we study history one answer is always " so we don't repeat it". It very often appears nobody is paying attention to history lessons.

 

[vtjames7433]

Well if you look at the symptoms we display many of the normal ones, the rise of a decadent society, spending more than we can take in, parties dividing the populace rather than encouraging teamwork and unity against the members of the outside world that mean us harm and more

 

[The Real El Guapo]

Interesting

 

[Invisible]

Name all of the failed democracies please.

 

[bill]

with this guy we have in the White House we'll be lucky to make 2012

 

[kaitoboado]

England much?
it's been around, as a Parliament, since the 11th Century.

 

[Reason vs. Faith]

We haven't had real democracy since the creation of the Federal Reserve.

Once again, all our US money comes from that private bank ... with an interest rate. No matter how you see it, when you owe money to someone, that someone controls you.

As for the election ... you and I know it's all about money. The wealthiest candidate will win. This, by definition, is against the very concept of democracy.

The people we vote for are not in charge and we vote for the people who work for a private bank. In the end, the whole thing is a scam

 

[beverly]

We already have. 1776 was more than 200 years ago.