"The modern desire to look to Athens for lessons or encouragement for modern thought, government, or society must confront this strange paradox: the people that gave rise to and practiced ancient democracy left us almost nothing but criticism of this form of regime (on a philosophical or theoretical level). ... And what is more, the actual history of Athens in the period of its democratic government is marked by numerous failures, mistakes, and misdeeds—most infamously, the execution of Socrates—that would seem to discredit the ubiquitous modern idea that democracy leads to good government."
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As quoted from: Curtis Yarvin (May 31, 2022), "The Cathedral or the Bizarre: America’s experiments with democracy and oligarchy have both failed, leaving only one option", Tablet Magazine.
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