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Why Plato Hated Democratic Elections

And how to break the endless cycle

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Ancient Greek philosophers like Socrates and Plato held deep reservations about democracy. They saw it as inherently flawed and doomed to descend into tyranny. 

But a later thinker saw a way to avoid this inevitable cycle. The Greek historian Polybius, writing 200 years after Plato, proposed a new system of government. 2,000 years later, his ideas still shape the lives of people across the world — especially Americans.

Let’s explore why democracy is flawed, what Polybius proposed to break the cycle of tyranny, and how it directly shaped the U.S. Constitution…

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