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[–] explodicle 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They said the same thing about democracy before the French Revolution.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They did? They said that about a governmental form that was documented as 2000 years old at the time, and which has been used in some shape or form by some human civilisation for as long as we have had civilisation?

[–] explodicle 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, you didn't know that? They were heavily influenced by Plato and Aristotle, who were strongly anti-democracy. It was widely regarded as an idea that had been tried and failed.