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It’s less about Democracy vs non-Democracy, and more about virtuous Democracy vs corrupt Democracy. It’s better to live in a virtuous aristocracy than a corrup
by pyuser583 7y ago
It’s less about Democracy vs non-Democracy, and more about virtuous Democracy vs corrupt Democracy.
It’s better to live in a virtuous aristocracy than a corrupt Democracy, and but a virtuous democracy is better than both.
It’s easy to idolize Athenian democracy, but by the time of Thucydides, it was on its last legs.
The only question is “what comes next.”
The answer history gave was “2500 years of subjugation to foreign rulers.”
Something to consider as modern Greece integrates into the EU: they have no tradition of independent democracy.
For example, Greece is currently raising cash by letting the Chinese take over the Piraeus.
To Americans that sounds horrible!
But the Greeks have been pimping their country for over two millennia, and aren’t about to stop now.