This is why we are not a democracy which is mob rule. - Our foundation is The Constitution.

Posted: Feb 10th, 2018 - 11:18 am In Reply to: Plato's Cave - Allegory

Plato was a philosopher and came to the conclusion that absolute power should be given to (wait for it!)

... philosophers!

What a shock!

A couple millinia later, our Founders came to the conclusion that no human should be trusted with absolute power over others.

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Plato's Cave - Allegory (Views: 512, 2018-02-10, 11:04 am)
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- This is why we are not a democracy which is mob rule. - Our foundation is The Constitution.