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After several revolutions, we have arrived at tyranny. So first, we have Timocracy, the rule of the honourable and by definition good but unsustainable, then aristocracy (or oligarchy) which is the evolution through luxuries from timocracy, then democracy, which is tackled in harsh terms (though take one late train and you'll agree with Socrates) to finally come to tyranny, which seems the death of the ideal state.
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Alex
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Socrates accurately (ish) predicting in what conditions a revolution happens.
— Aug 04, 2026 09:18AM
Alex
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Boy, Socrates (and Plato) really didn't like artists.
— Aug 02, 2026 02:39AM
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"And the soul is like the eye: when resting upon that on which truth and being shine, the soul percieves and is radiant with intelligence; but when turned towards the twilight of becoming and perishing, then she has opinion only, and goes blinking about, and is first of one opinion and theb of another, and seems to have no intelligence?"
What a way to insult someone.
— Aug 02, 2026 02:19AM
What a way to insult someone.
Alex
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Apparently giving your money to women and/or slaves is bad.
It wouldn't be ancient Greece if we weren't treating women like disposable objects.
— Jul 28, 2026 06:21AM
It wouldn't be ancient Greece if we weren't treating women like disposable objects.
Alex
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Justice stems from harmony, disharmony stems from people in disagreement with each other. Most disagreements stem from people fighting over stuff labeled "mine" or "not mine" and "his" and "not his".
Therefore, the most just state has no private property.
(The International starts playing in the background)
— Jul 28, 2026 05:32AM
Therefore, the most just state has no private property.
(The International starts playing in the background)
Alex
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"for my next trick, I shall deconstruct gender roles!"
Socrates, probably.
— Jul 27, 2026 10:26AM
Socrates, probably.
Alex
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"For indeed a city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another(...)"
No war but class war, even in ancient Greece.
— Jul 25, 2026 07:30AM
No war but class war, even in ancient Greece.