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Aristotle said that a city should only be as large as to encompass everyone that could hear the sound of a ram's horn or trumpet. Beyond that, you weren't part
by mstodd 10y ago
Aristotle said that a city should only be as large as to encompass everyone that could hear the sound of a ram's horn or trumpet. Beyond that, you weren't part of the city or it's governance. Seems like a good rule which would prevent taking money from Florida and giving it to Alaska.
- mch82 10y agoAristotle [1] lived in a world with less than 200 million people [2]. Florida isn't giving money to anyone [3]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population#Past_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population#Past_populati... [3]: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-states-are-givers-and-which-are-takers/361668/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/which-st...