Marilyn Barnewall: American Democracy is living on borrowed time.

From WorldNetDaily comes a bit of history that does not bode well for the first (and last) Hitlery administration.

In an article I wrote over a year ago, I described a theory created by a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh in 1787.

Professor Tytler said about the fall of the Athenian republic (about 300 B.C.), "A democracy is always temporary in nature. It simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government.

"A democracy will continue to exist up until the time voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury. The result is that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."

The year 1787 was the time our forefathers and the thirteen states they represented adopted our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

The Tytler theory points out that "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through"… the following cycles: "From bondage to spiritual faith. From spiritual faith to great courage. From courage to liberty. From liberty to abundance. From abundance to complacency. From complacency to apathy. From apathy to dependence. From dependence back into bondage." (Emphasis mine.)