@Attika And at what cost?

Democracy is the best government. Capitalism is the best economy. Religion defines our morals. This is perfect Government.

even though persia had a greater technological progression than that of the greek city states due to arger trade routes? @Attika

@Attika I respectfully disagree, do you wish to move to <#587028275918929925> ?

Democracy is tyranny of the masses

They failed in morality. Yes. That’s not democracy.

External government is only necessary for those who will not take on the mantle of self discipline.

Like the average person can self discipline lol

Smoking, alcoholism, etc. wouldn't be a problem

Social expectation creates social results.

If you expect every middle aged man in a white van is a pedo, society will make every van owner into one.

At the birth of the so called demoskratia in athens socrates stated that democracy was doomed to fail due to the ignorance of the masses and their overcapability to be brainwashed leading to greater tyranny than that of a time before the kingships of the 5th century. Philosopher kings may arguably be an interesting adaptive concept in that sense as he believed they may be the solution yet also the potentual end of demoskratia.

a system of representative voting is needed

yet also that of strong capable leadership#

yet ambition will always disease the progression of man, alonside greed

which is hardwired into our social behaviour

These behaviours would just become taboo amd not in the spotlight, secret instead. In which case they could potentially do even more damage

dawkinain theory teaches us a fundementally equal society would be impossible to that degree due to biology

true

I see

There's only one country with a democracy on earth

I don't support republics

Democracies though <:ayy:591181633105952788>

What is the alternative to republics

Anarchy? Dictators?

Democracy

Autocratic Theocracy

Syndicalism

Called direct democracy these days

As "representative democracy" sounded nicer than republic

who the fuck pinged me

Not me

death to all who ping addie

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Democracy is not independant of republics.

Democracy is majority rule and republic is rule by law. they can easily overlap.

If the majority creates law.

The meaning of the word is "the people rule"

I don't see how that matches with a select few people ruling

Both are trash, democracy is the sole reason why europe is doomed

No country in Europe is a democracy