Sad, But True

"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 treasury. 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." -- Unknown

Eventually, everyone wants to be first inline, for the free stuff, before they run out.

The old Soviet Union didn't fail, they just ran out of money.