I think you have it wrong. One of the major thrusts of Plato's republic is that a philosopher king is better than a mobocracy. I don't necessarily agree with t

I think you have it wrong. One of the major thrusts of Plato's republic is that a philosopher king is better than a mobocracy. I don't necessarily agree with the book, but the book does not argue about the superiority of an unfettered democracy - quite far from it.