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The Scottish historian Alexander Tyler wrote while describing the fall of the Athenian republic in 1787 that a democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. Professor Tyler asserted that one can only exist as long as the voters don't realize they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. For from that moment on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasure. With the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy.
This seems to suggest that we cannot rely on government at all and in the end our greed will destroy the good thing we think we have. My best suggestion would be to raise your kids right, to expect nothing for free, and be productive citizens, for government starts at it's lowest level the family.