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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed
This video is about a passage from Plato's Republic, it's about how democracy can give way to tyranny. How people, tiring of the endless choices and decisions in a democracy, the insecurities, will put their faith in a leader, a strong man, who promises to ease all of the burdens a democracy places on its citizens. This is after a period where old social structures start to break down and "elites" are distrusted. Sound familiar to anyone?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38664789 |
It can't be worse than the tyranny of many idiolistic religious dictatorships, especially for 50% of the population.