In article , Wolfgang Schwanke
wrote:

From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates
promising the most benefits from the public treasury,

The argument is flawed because it rests on a number of wrong
assumptions.

such as?


with the result
that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always
followed by dictatorship."

The German democracy collapsed after a period of very strict fiscal
policy and fierce welfare cuts. Hitler took over a debt free government.

Note that loose fical policy is not the only possible cause of a collapse of
democracy.

Hitler took over a country desperate to overcome the humilitation of WWI

--
Bob Noel
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