Leftypol could really learn something from Athenian democracy and the story of Aristides.
The fact Athenian democracy worked so well is what saved them numerous times especially from the advances of the Persian forces.
>>2555248There is more modern version of this Athenian democracy and its Switzerland.
I prefer tyranny
>>2555258Reactionaries probably like to be under boot but only if others are in worse situation so they can feel good about their position in hierarchy.
>>2555258I'm a masochist, I like the pain.
>>2555258a tyrant in antiquity wasn't necessarily bad
>>2555268Yes but no.
>>2555270But a still functioning democracy that saved the city state multiple times. I never said it was perfect.
Persophobic white supremacist thread
>>2555284look up where "caucasians" come from
>>2555270Its still progressive considering every single state practiced slavery during early antiquity.
>>2555293there is literally more slavery today than ever in history. so much for "progress", marxoid.
>>2555295Progress is a dumb illusion.
>>2555295>there is literally more slavery today than ever in history.Not even close per capita.
>>2555303It depends on how one defines slavery
>>2555303cuz slaves r cheaper than dirt now so you can use em up and discard em like trash w/o needing to take care of em unlike before, so there's less concentration in one place like the plantation system
still more ppl enslaved now than ever before, which shows how capitalism is so evil it can make things from the past even worse
>>2555303>>2555306>work for me or starve to deathhow many people exist in this situation would you say?
>>2555307look up historical slave prices and adjust for inflation.
>>2555309>Thus, just before the start of the Civil War, the average real price of a slave in the United States was $25,000 in current dollars>Historically, human slaves were always expensive - around 40,000 US dollars in today's money>Today, the average slave only costs around 90 dollars>While in the 1850s, a slave cost the equivalent of $35,000-$40,000, a human life today averages $90.which is exactly my point, now they're so cheap there's no need to "hoard" them so ofc the amt per master ("per capita") will be less since you can easily dump em and get new ones whenevr u want
>The fact Athenian democracy worked so well is what saved them numerous times especially from the advances of the Persian forces.
How did democracy save them? I don't know much about antiquity. I've heard the French army after the revolution was so good because of mass conscription ("levée en masse") and leaders became more meritocratic instead of being some idiot noble.
>>2555487It didn't. Alcibiades convinced them to vote for the Sicilian campaign which turned fiasco. Sparta wins the peloponnesian war and installs the puppet government that kills Socrates. So much for Athenian democracy.
>>2555272I thought Robespierre had his hand on Napoleon's shoulder for a second
>>2555281We could recreate Athenian democracy with genetically engineered biological subhumans to labour for us
Why didn't their "democracy" save them from macedon?
>>2555306This is true. Its usually involves forced labor by threat of violence. This would make most of former USSR population slaves.
>>2556036yes, cuz wage slavery is only one step up from chattel slavery
>>2555934Don't talk about Belgians in that way.
>>2556039Its slavery with extra steps yes. But its not text book slavery like in the former USSR.
>>2555258popular tyrant >>> aristocracy/oligarchy
>>2556083The more collectivist the leadership is the more progressive it is. The goal should be that everyone partakes in leadership instead of these stone age ideas you have.
>>2556117What if I don't want to "partake in leadership?"
>>2556117>collectivist>tiny minority ruling over excluded majorityI think your dictionary is broken.
>>2556437Even oligarchy (like parliamentarism) is more towards collectivist rule than a single tyrant.
>>2555248it is actually so illustrative that athenian democracy was actually the most reactionary and oligarchical state, were power was tied to being a landlord. plato and aristotle knew this this is why they complained about their shitty system.
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