tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post8777306496019251580..comments2023-11-02T10:22:20.717-04:00Comments on Mike Anderson's Ancient History Blog: Fall of the American Republic?Mike Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-7823928474249304452011-10-13T11:43:23.584-04:002011-10-13T11:43:23.584-04:00When a country singer comes out politically in a s...When a country singer comes out politically in a song, something is wrong somewhere. Listen to Hank William Jr, and his break up with ESPN? An icon of Monday Night Football, An American pasttime and what happens?<br /><br />The nation is falling apart. We are facing not only economic collapse but Society is gone. It's over. There is NO social cohesion. There is No rule of law. <br /><br />There is absolutely No training in virtue anywhere in any college or school. Everything is unwinding. You have the gunwalker scandal and I just learned that it was the brainchild of some ATF agent that wanted to gin up statistics of American guns at Mexican crime scenes in order to bring about gun control. All sorts of stuff is going on. I remember my sixth grade teacher saying America is going the way of the Roman Republic. I don't watch TV anymore. Can't stand it. <br /><br />No one listened to Plato. Plato's Eighth Letter, "Follow them" or else the plague comes. <br /><br />As a former US Marine, Eagle Scout, I've lost all respect for my country. I don't have any hope any more. It's all unravelling. The Center can not hold.W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-3441126955909194922011-10-10T08:11:19.789-04:002011-10-10T08:11:19.789-04:00Mr. Wheeler,
I agree completely and I suggest you...Mr. Wheeler,<br /><br />I agree completely and I suggest you can add Polybius to you list of Democracy skeptics.<br /><br />Madison and Hamilton feared the mob and believed that too much democracy is dangerous.Mike Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072553719998549925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-649431201703508681.post-41517775134239708142011-10-09T16:36:08.733-04:002011-10-09T16:36:08.733-04:00Socrates and Plato stated that democracy always de...Socrates and Plato stated that democracy always devolves into a Tyranny. The Kyklos (anakyklosis) always turns. There is no stopping it. America is a pure democracy from 1913 onwards. An excess of liberty breeds chaos. The plague has been released and you can't put the genie back into the bottle.W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.com