2026-10-11 15:01 UTC
In ancient Athens they had a process for banishing potential tyrants from the city. Athenians had learned the hard way that threats to democracy cannot be tolerated and, to maintain the people's power, they removed those who would challenge it in favor of oligarchy. There are lessons to be learned from that.
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@Geoffberner@zeroes.ca 2026-10-11 21:07
@benlockwood@ecoevo.social they were an oligarchy. A brutal slaving oligarchy. They just didn't want a single dictator. They wanted every powerful family to have a say. We need to stop being like the bloody Romans and looking to the bloody ancient Greeks for models of just governance. Caring about the Greek and Roman republics so much is a mistake based in white supremacist attitudes.