Re:The Final Speech from The Great Dictator
by throwaway171223 on Sunday December 17, 2023 @05:52PM
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As a common meeting ground between Hobbes and Rousseau (and probably Locke, which I confess I have not read), anyone can hold and fire a gun. Considering the original context in whence Greek democracy flourished, I'd say that's a fair extrapolation to modern times.
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Re:The Final Speech from The Great Dictator
by johnnyanmac on Sunday December 17, 2023 @05:58PM
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> Considering the original context in whence Greek democracy flourished, I'd say that's a fair extrapolation to modern times.
I don't think so. Even "democracy" in the lens of 18th is century America is rife with various prejudice that shouldn't existing in a pure democracy. I wouldn't extrapolate anything accurately from millenia ago if it degregates in a matter of a few centuries.
It's very easy to protest "equal vote for each person" when the ruling body gets to define "person" (or more accurately, "citizen") in their own emotion way