The Rise and Fall of Democracies.
 

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 complacency;
 

from complacency to apathy;
 

from apathy to dependency;
 

from dependency back into bondage
 

So, where are we now?