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Why is democracy one step before tyranny?
by aero-002 9y ago
Why is democracy one step before tyranny?
- aaron-lebo 9y agoTo the modern understanding of tyranny, it certainly is strange, but Plato had a very particular view of politics (he was what you might call elitist). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_five_regimes#Tyranny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_five_regimes#Tyranny Given 2,000 years of history, he'd likely have different views (I'd hope so anyway), but that's what the poster appears to be driving at. That doesn't seem to be the root cause of tyranny in Russia or China, but democracy can devolve into it.