[89416] in Cypherpunks
Re: Why porn must be stopped at all costs, by Jodi Hoffman
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jodi Hoffman)
Tue Nov 4 07:44:38 1997
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 19:44:05 -0600
From: Jodi Hoffman <jlhoffm@ibm.net>
To: fight-censorship@vorlon.mit.edu
CC: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Jodi Hoffman <jlhoffm@ibm.net>
Anonymous wrote:
Jodi Hoffman propagandized:
> >RULE FOR REVOLUTION #6: BANKRUPT THE GOVERNMENT
> See if you can guess who said this and when:
>
> "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only
> exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves
> largess out of the public treasury."
>
> Was it:
>
> a) Alexander Tytler, 18th century;
> b) Thomas Jefferson, early 1800s;
> c) Karl Marx, late 1800s;
> d) V. I. Lenin, 1915
>
> Here's a hint: Pick the Scottish historian who lived in the 1700s. So the
> concept of a "bankrupt democracy" has been around for a while.
Can I get another hint?
-Jodi
