As an aside: >When Plutarch wrote 2,000 years ago "an imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all Republics," he was not parrot

As an aside: >When Plutarch wrote 2,000 years ago "an imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all Republics," he was not parroting socialist dogma (1,500 years before the birth of Socialism). While it may not have been named or had a lot of the modern dogma attached, what could best be described as "egalitarian socialism" is the natural organization of hunter-gatherer bands. Which is why, though it works poorly for anything larger than a band, various "socialisms" regularly re-emerge throughout history.