It is just history repeating. It has been documented over and over, it never changes and the sheep never wake up. All you can do is run when it is time to run.

“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. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville 1805 - 1859

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_de_Tocqueville