The article didn’t mention that the “citizens” of Athens and middle class of Aristotle are a tiny minority of land owners who ruled over slaves, and likely share ethnic/familial relationships.
If you accept their framing our democracy is their demogoguery.
consumer451 · 1h ago
Well, our democracy (the USA) was designed by slaveholders. I think we have to make adjustments for historic advancements when we look that these things, don't we? What I mean is, we can't just ctrl(cmd)-a, ctrl-c, ctrl-v, and expect a perfect fit, right?
monkeyelite · 6m ago
I don’t what your point is. My point is if we want to follow the articles advice by having a strong Greek citizenship, that actually looks like removing most people’s ability to vote.
mouse_ · 1h ago
This goes into a few philosophies on the subject but it doesn't really go into how they were applied and to what affect.
How'd these schools of thinking actually work out for them? Not very well, it seems.
If you accept their framing our democracy is their demogoguery.
How'd these schools of thinking actually work out for them? Not very well, it seems.