@[email protected] to Star Wars • 11 hours ago'All democracies turn into dictatorships—but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator.' - George Lucas on the Clone Warsmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1151arrow-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 • 11 hours agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@neanderthallink5•edit-28 hours 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@abrakelink1•6 hours 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