[Kizzy]

What I take from his teaching is that freedoms in certain sectors are exploited and it is the duty of those within the society to take action to stop the rot of corruption, however when that corruption is happening from the top down...it becomes impossible.
If they were held accountable, and those in govt and business were as culpable as the common man then that would show that there is a balance of justice, which is the bedrock of democracy.

For me this is why the ruling of the supreme court on brexit was so pivotal, it showed that the law of the land has the power over governments too, it sent a powerful message that we are a democracy and that was it at work in it's purest form.
constituencies can be doctored, voting tampered with, media influenced but judges take everything down to the bare bones and look at what is constitutionally sacrosanct.

I believe that freedoms and rights are a necessity within a democracy, however that does not stretch to deregulation or self regulation of powerful organisations, there must be safeguards against corruption to prevent this risking the stability of the nation.
My feeling is that Platos 'democracy without virtue' is what we are witnessing now, nothing is for the greater good, rather to maximise profit, that may be seen as an acceptable norm today and nobody is 'virtuous' which may be true...less is not more, more is more.

This comes at a cost, as more and more people are disadvantaged and the haves turn a blind eye to the have nots, the scope of the have nots has grown from a gap to a gulf.
I pity this generation with a millstone of debt for daring to secure a degree, unable to find affordable housing, crippled with record energy, living and fuel costs, what of their democracy, our legacy to them is that democracy has failed...it hasn't, we have failed democracy.