Bondage
Alexander [Fraser]Tytler wrote in 1770 that Democratic nations of the past progressed through the following sequence:
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 to bondage
(Cited in Iron Triangle by Vince Everett Ellison, e-book, Loc 1110 & 1120 of 2998)