Scott BennettMar 9

If history is any guide the end of this period of oligarchy will likely lead to a more democratic period. Democracy, true democracy is people power. Rule by many. When the people decide things that matter, about their economy, about their workplace, about going to war, that’s democracy. You can’t have owners and have that. #history #democracy #oligarchy #hope

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Believe It or Not We are Moving Towards Democracy

Believe it or not we are moving towards democracy, not away from it right now… what we can learn from ancient historian Polybius

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Show threadLa Dame d'AzurMar 9
@letsmakethempay The oligarchy ends when capitalism ends; not before. There can be no democracy in a system built on inequality, coercion, and stratification.
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@blueorchestra @letsmakethempay
It'd be very helpful if people could realize the difference between Aristoteles understanding oft Politeia vs. Democracy.
Aristoteles was NO friend oft the latter. Nor were the ameican Founding Fathers.
#BackToDemocracy #Losdemokratie
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Show threadfIREHOSEMar 9
@blueorchestra @letsmakethempay
One could say that this is the root oft our problems.