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>It devolves to sensualism, that is, the highest aim of the people is to satisfy their desires, and they capture the government for that purpose. If Plato's hy
by whatshisface 5y ago
>It devolves to sensualism, that is, the highest aim of the people is to satisfy their desires, and they capture the government for that purpose.
If Plato's hypothesis is that all democracies will elect 100 mega-Bernies to their senates, I think we can safely say it has been falsified.
- netizen-936824 5y agoOh, because the US has long terms implemented currently?
- whatshisface 5y agoPlato's hypothesis was that shorter terms would lead to more democratic (and therefore baser) democracies. Our terms are not that long, although incumbent advantage makes them longer in practice.
- netizen-936824 5y agoReally? Because the top comment to which you replied stated: >This is a problem as old as thought itself. One of the worlds first philosophers, Plato, wrote a book about it. He agreed, the best form of government is one where the terms are longer.
- whatshisface 5y agoAncient philosophers did not necessarily think democracy was good. Some were even so direct as to say that noble blood deserved to rule. Plato believed longer terms were less influenced by democracy than shorter terms, and therefore they were a better form of government.
- netizen-936824 5y agoI think someone is going to have to come up with some actual scholarly citations, because you and the top commenter to which I am referring are explicitly disagreeing and up until this point all anyone has done is make baseless assertions
- whatshisface 5y agoWe are not disagreeing.
- netizen-936824 5y agoApologies, I misunderstood your original comment
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- skinnymuch 5y agoI’m looking at both comments. They are both saying Plato pushed for longer terms.
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