Because it seems to fit

Given the fact that no matter who we elect to the Presidency this year, we will be electing someone who will grant the government more and more power over the citizens of this country, it seems rather appropriate to post the ten stages of a civilization. If you haven't seen this yet, write it down and look it over. I present to you, without comment (yet):

The first stage moves from bondage to spiritual faith.

The second from spiritual faith to great courage.

The third stage moves from great courage to liberty.

The fourth stage moves from liberty to abundance.

The fifth stage moves from abundance to selfishness.

The sixth stage moves from selfishness to complacency.

The seventh stage moves from complacency to apathy.

The eighth stage moves from apathy to moral decay.

The ninth stage moves from moral decay to dependence.

And the tenth and last stage moves from dependence to bondage.

Now, the length of time for each stage isn't set in stone. But I'd say we're well into stage seven or eight based on the general actions of the American populace. It may be possible to pull ourselves back from going any farther. Hell, it may be possible to reverse the trend for a little bit.

But none of the current crop of candidates are going to pull it back one iota. Every last one of the worthless bastards still running is a full-fledged, big-government nanny-statist who are pushing us closer to stages nine and ten as fast as they possibly can.

Yeah, I'm a little gloomy today. Why do you ask?