The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates 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. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. Read this block commonly attributed to Tytler:Ī democracy is always temporary in nature it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy”. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. Two centuries ago, a somewhat obscure Scotsman named Tytler made this profound observation: “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. One of the first mentions of the Tytler Cycle is from a 1951 edition of the Daily Oklahoman. These nations have progressed through 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 apathy From apathy to dependence From dependence back into bondage.” Tytler goes on, “The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations has been 200 years. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury.“ If he did say or write these words, we could summarize Tytler’s beliefs in the natural progress of democracy, “ A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. One verified quote by Tytler reads, “All government is essentially of the nature of a monarchy”. Tytler had a negative view of Democracy and government in general. However, the characterization of the man is apt. It’s not actually known if Alexander Tytler penned these words, but he is often credited with them. Tytler is often credited as predicting the fall of America, suggesting that America will only last 200 years according to the model.
He was a Scottish historian who served as Professor of Universal History at the University of Edinburgh.
Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee was born in October, 1747.
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