With the word ‘democracy’ constantly being thrown around (sadly, even by certain members of the political right) is it time to examine what a democracy actually is? Plato, Aristotle and Cicero all excoriated ‘democracy,’ which they asserted was the corrupt form of a republic. Curious people can consult Plato’sd ‘Republic,’ Aristotle’s ‘Politics,’ or Cicero’s ‘De Republica’ to see descriptions of how republics degrade into democracies. But what is the dark secret behind the process? Watch the video and see.
