>>11643741

in Athens, very few ppl had the right to vote, women were the property of the male head of household and wore burka like outfits outside of the home. Democracy is inherently unstable, as the emotions of enough ppl can be manipulated to achieve a majority against the best interests of the ppl as a whole.

ex. Socrates death sentence

our founders understood the weaknesses of democracies, and gave us a republic, thankfully.

>>11644166

democracy/democratic came into American vocab in a big way with the early progressives.

Woodrow Wilson actually wrote: For it is very clear that in fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same.

and

Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.

>>11644074

it does, it also has checks and balances by it's very nature

you don't think what we have now is actually capitalism, so you???

>>11644227

*do you

my bad