The Fall of Democracy

Democracy was first found in Greece when Athens established the first democratic government. I have now recently read a quote by John Adams who was the second president of the United States. He basically says that even though democracy will last for a while in a country, it never lasts long and in the end will eventually kill itself off. This quote has a lot of truth behind it. It really makes you think about the government we have here in the United States and how it might not always be a democracy here in America and one day it is almost bond to fall. I totally agree with what John Adams says here 100%. I agree with the fact that countries that rule with democracy will eventually fall. Sometimes it lasts for a very long time while others only last for a short time, but eventually they all will begin to crumble until they fail in the end. I like how he compares it to a monarchy and an aristocracy. Democracy is very different than these other types of government and John Adams says that with this quote. Just in case somebody doesn’t know what a monarchy or an aristocracy are, a monarchy is when one person rules, like a king or a queen, in an aristocracy the power is held by the nobility, or the rich and powerful people. John Adams says that a democracy is more bloody than either an aristocracy or a monarchy. He is also right in saying this. In a democracy, the people have a great amount of freedom and if the government tries to take away any of that freedom the people will rebel against the government and that is just one way that the entire democratic system can break down. If the government does anything that makes the people living in the country unhappy it will eventually lead to an outrage when the people turn on the government. Eventually the people will try and take over the government and that will lead to the fall of the democracy. The people can rebel against the government like this because the government has given them the freedom to do so. This is one way a democracy can kill itself. When a democracy is poorly run it eventually becomes exhausted and is easily overthrown, which is another way a government can kill itself. I think in America it is just a matter of time before our government becomes exhausted.