Neither freedom nor democracy is destined to live forever -- Democracy can die quietly, even with elections (Western Standard)
Chile had a functioning democracy until democratically elected President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a 1973 coup and replaced with military dictator Augusto Pinochet, who ruled for the next 17 years. Spain’s democracy collapsed into a civil war in 1936, after which no further elections were held until 1977. Germany had a functioning democracy in the 1920s, but by 1932 most Germans were voting for the two parties which enthusiastically promised to abolish democracy: the Communists and the National Socialists ... ... Who can claim with certainty that democracy in Canada would not be suspended over a real or alleged economic crisis? Freedom is even more fragile than democracy. Freedom can be euthanized gradually as governments grow ever larger ... CLICK HERE for the full story