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Aristotle said that democracy is Rule by the Poor, since the poor are always larger in number than the rich, and the short-sighted, economic nonsense that the poor vote for leads to an increase in the number of the poor, who vote for the same nonsense...
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 0mo ago

i'm not sure that is correct, pretty sure ancient greek democracy was only for land owning men (the olympics too, men only)

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nami 3w ago

It was not only about land owning men but the taxes were according to income that had to do with land owning. The more you had the more you paid

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Laeserin 3w ago

Also, don't confuse what he considered the corrupted form (democracy), with the ideal form (polity).

He wasn't describing some particular state, in particular, he was describing cycles of government, in general.

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nami 3w ago

That was Plato

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Laeserin 3w ago

Oh, really? I've read both. Might be mixing them up.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 3w ago

yeah, The Republic i'm pretty sure it criticises democracy. harshly.