August 6, 2009
Plato on Drones in a Democracy:In the oligarchical State [drones] are disqualified and driven from office, and therefore they cannot train or gather strength; whereas in a democracy they are almost the entire ruling power, and while the keener sort speak and act, the rest keep buzzing about the bema and do not suffer a word to be said on the other side; hence in democracies almost everything is managed by the drones.... The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector. -- The Republic, Book VIII
Posted by Vanderleun at August 6, 2009 10:54 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Nice quote. Not particularly reassuring, but very fitting to the modern situation we find ourselves in.
Posted by: Nicole at August 7, 2009 1:12 PM