Nothing new under the sun....from 500 BC: Herocotus - SM Posted: Dec 15th, 2018 - 2:21 pm In Reply to: Analysis: In democracies’ political chaos, new model emerges - SM
"[Darius speaking] ...in oligarchies, where men vie with each other in the service of thecommonwealth, fierce enmities are apt to arise between man and man, each wishing to beleader, and to carry his own measures; whence violent quarrels come, which lead to openstrife, often ending in bloodshed. Then monarchy is sure to follow; and this too shows howfar that rule surpasses all others.
Again, in a democracy, it is impossible but that there will be malpractices: thesemalpractices, however, do not lead to enmities, but to close friendships, which are formedamong those engaged in them, who must hold well together to carry on their villainies. Andso things go on until a man stands forth as champion of the commonalty, and puts down theevil-doers. Straightway the author of so great a service is admired by all, and from beingadmired soon comes to be appointed king; so that here too it is plain that monarchy is thebest government. Lastly, to sum up all in a word, whence, I ask, was it that we got thefreedom which we enjoy? Did democracy give it us, or oligarchy, or a monarch? As a singleman recovered our freedom for us, my sentence is that we keep to the rule of one.“
This is excellent read!
Those who must hold well together to carry on their villainies put in Obama, and Trump is the counterforce that arose from our Founders’ wise construction of our Constitution.
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