In a royal society, as France was in the late 1700's the monarch can cause it by not caring for his people, using them as cannon fodder or just as a source for his opulence. The famous non quote from that time was "let them eat cake". The society revolted in a bloody revolution which saw the introduction of the guillotine. It was not a good thing. Royalty always passes the government from generation to generation in one family line. Eventually, there will be a stupid king, it is inevitable.
Like royal society, there are dictators. Dictators are like royals, except they do not come from a select blood line. North Korea is an example of a dictatorship. In these societies, again, the people are looked at as a source of income, or an army to procure more land or riches for the dictator. Again, and usually sooner than in a royal system, the dictator is deposed by the people.
There are tyrannies in all forms of government. The Romans started as a republic, and devolved into royalty. And the blood line failures eventually invited invasion, and the down fall of the empire.
In the United States, our Founding Fathers set up a republic based on commonly held virtues; Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. All great societies must be vigilant to keep true to their principals, it is when these principals are abandoned that the country weakens.
There is a second thing to notice in the above. All the failed societies failed primarily because of economics. They say that to ignore history is to repeat it. This is why I write these blogs. We as citizens of the United States still have one thing that none of those failed societies had, and that is the vote.
But our vote is threatened today. Fraud in elections, negative advertising, out right lying about opponents is a threat to our vote. In our busy world many people rely to heavily on political ads to form their opinions, some of these ads are outright lies. In Missouri, one candidate for governor is actually suing the other one for lying. In the mean time, who is watching the economy? It seems that politicians in general do not care about the economy, just getting re-elected. Promise to spend money, and you're a shue in. Most congressional districts seem to judge their congress person by how much comes back to the district. This is NOT good economic policy, it is one of the reasons we have such massive debt.
The election is getting closer, protect your right to vote by doing at least minimal research on the choices you have. Please do not let the politicians confuse us and cost us this election. Bottom line, I do not care who anyone votes for, but I do look down on them if they don't know why... and "because X Party is for Y" is not a good reason. Vote Democrat, Republican, or other parties, but do so because the represent your ideals, and research to know why you are in sync with them. I love my grandfather, but there was one thing he told me that never made sense in my adult life. He said: "...This voting thing is easy, just go in to the booth, close the curtain, and yank the donkey's tail." while I am my grandfather's grandson, I respect him more than he ever knew, on this one thing we disagree. Vote for the man or woman that represents your ideals and hold them to those ideals when they go to the jungle that is Washington DC. And last, vote for the candidate that in your opinion is the strongest on the economy, it may save our country from failure experienced by other great societies.
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