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Oh, because the US has long terms implemented currently?
by netizen-936824 4y ago
Oh, because the US has long terms implemented currently?
- whatshisface 4y 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 4y 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 4y 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 4y 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 4y agoWe are not disagreeing.
- netizen-936824 4y agoApologies, I misunderstood your original comment
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- skinnymuch 4y agoI’m looking at both comments. They are both saying Plato pushed for longer terms.
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