{"id": "<a href="https://primal.net/e/note1w3ft5e6w998l2fk0c79ntv9gngr0wyrsz8qwgcsvkrts2fvmep7qmahtcq">7452ba674e294ff526cfc78b35b0a89a06f7107011c0e4620cb0d705259bc87c</a>", "pubkey": "1947616f0c8800e57c47e1c363368d94d9babed71633768c9c2d5f480657caaf", "created_at": 1752820795, "kind": 1, "tags": [["t", "bitcoin"], ["t", "hardmoney"]], "content": "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public trea-sury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. 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.nn#bitcoin #hardmoney ", "sig": "3fcc95bc2f4136cc6264e049592398a31b0d048aac78aa3c81337c73231f699ec209013583bfef0d3dd748a409c421cf7f477beaba957f3823d64f4e70c2d24f"}