@[email protected] to Star Wars • 3 months ago'All democracies turn into dictatorships—but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator.' - George Lucas on the Clone Warsmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1message-square'All democracies turn into dictatorships—but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator.' - George Lucas on the Clone Wars@[email protected] to Star Wars • 3 months agomessage-square11fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@neanderthallink11•edit-23 months agoThis is ANCIENT. Plato wrote this in Republic. ETA: It has been a while, so I don’t know the exact order Plato’s cycle has.
minus-square@abrakelink6•3 months agoIn the Republic, it basically goes: aristocracy (of philosophers) -> aristocracy (of warriors) -> oligarchy -> democracy -> tyranny
This is ANCIENT. Plato wrote this in Republic.
ETA: It has been a while, so I don’t know the exact order Plato’s cycle has.
In the Republic, it basically goes: aristocracy (of philosophers) -> aristocracy (of warriors) -> oligarchy -> democracy -> tyranny