You can read this exact criticism of democracy in „Athenaion Politeia“, (The Old Oligarch), 5th century BCE. There is nothing new under the sun.
It always worked like this. Democracy is simply an incredibly destructive form of government.
You can read this exact criticism of democracy in „Athenaion Politeia“, (The Old Oligarch), 5th century BCE. There is nothing new under the sun.
It always worked like this. Democracy is simply an incredibly destructive form of government.
Democracy hasn’t even been good at its sole point - preventing violent revolution.
To ignore scale differences here is to negate what could have been a great comment into a miss.
Scale is an important aspect. If something doesn’t work in a greek city state, it certainly won’t work in anything larger.