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That's the problem with democracy. The people are not truly in charge but yet we get blamed. > Athenion struts on stage before the crowd, then displays the slo
by tboyd47 5y ago
That's the problem with democracy. The people are not truly in charge but yet we get blamed.
> Athenion struts on stage before the crowd, then displays the sloganeering skills of a modern politician, saying: “Now you command yourselves, and I am your commander in chief. If you join your strength to me, my power shall reach the combined power of all of you.” Then March 86 BC, shouts and trumpet blasts rend the night air as Roman soldiers, swords drawn, run through the city. Blood flows in the narrow streets, as the Romans butcher the Athenians—women and children included. The number of dead is beyond counting. In despair, many Athenians kill themselves.
- leetcrew 5y agoI believe athenion was not actually in control of athens in 86 BC, but rather the tyrant aristion who had seized control. if athenion had still been in power, he might have followed the other city-states in surrendering to sulla. hard to say of course, but he did not have the same conflicting motives as athenion. I'm not really sure what this example is supposed to show.
- tboyd47 5y agoMy point was not about who was really responsible for the rebellion. My point was that the everyday people were blamed for what transpired, then they were massacred, and this was the end of democracy in Athens for a long time.
- SQueeeeeL 5y agoIdk man, a lot of people didn't vote for Bernie in that primary. They had the option and didn't go for it.
- erhk 5y agoRemember when he was winning and then there was a "software failure"
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- leesalminen 5y agoThis sounds like a dangerous Qanon conspiracy theory to me. All the sources have told me that electronic voting machines are 100% secure. So that must be true and you must be wrong. /s
- Kye 5y agoThe obvious triangulation against him by the party probably didn't help. I don't care about Sanders any more than I care about any candidate suggesting we step back from the brink, but it was so obvious even people who spend all day on Twitter calling everyone "Bernie Bros" (even people who aren't bros) got a little suspicious.
- da_big_ghey 5y agoSame as happened to Ron Paul in some way. Candidate seek to change the course of a party and is stop by existing party interest.
- esyir 5y agoThe people are truly in charge. If everyone opposed something so heavily, they'd be able to vote out enormous swathes of the electorate till they get said desire. You either get agency, or the ability to abdicate responsibility, not both.
- tboyd47 5y agoIt's also possible you get neither.