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> Democracies are arguably the best peace keepers humanity has ever seen, You might want to examine that belief, and how you acquired it. Evidence for it in th
by B1FF_PSUVM 10y ago
> Democracies are arguably the best peace keepers humanity has ever seen,
You might want to examine that belief, and how you acquired it. Evidence for it in the historical record is not exactly abundant.
(Feel free to dig back 25 centuries, and start by looking up how the Athenian democracy went around kicking their neighbors' butts, as told by one of the Athenian generals, a fair-minded bloke. Thucydides' Melian dialogue is the magic string.)
- studentrob 10y ago25 centuries is a lot of research.. Can you save me the time and tell me which form of government is the best?
- lgieron 10y agoDidn't Athens fall because their democratic government assigned too little tax money to military? That's what happened in first Polish democracy (XV-XVIII centuries).
- douche 10y agoIt had more to do with launching a boondoggle invasion of Syracuse that ended in total disaster, from what I remember from my Thucydides.