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Plato's Politicus has an interesting comparison of different political systems in 302b-303c, putting democracy as basically ineffective, saying a corrupt democ

by gkya 10y ago

Plato's Politicus has an interesting comparison of different political systems in 302b-303c, putting democracy as basically ineffective, saying a corrupt democracy is the least harmful among corrupt systems, and a good, working democracy is the worst among good, working systems. See the text, starting from: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plat.+Stat.+302b&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0172 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plat.+Stat.+302...

rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
In my interpretation of Western democracies, it is the job of the private sector to make life better for people (if a bit unevenly), whereas it is the job of the state to keep lives from getting worse.