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Jackpine Radical

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6. Their first attempt at democracy,

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 03:26 PM

Jan 2015

in Athens 2500 years or so ago, was actually a "democracy" of the oligarchy. The citizens were persons of leisure, and total parasites on the labor of their slaves.

We seem to keep coming back to that exact system. Or never getting away from it in the first place.

So I fervently hope they get it right this time. Anybody who talks about destroying the oligarchy system is singing my tune.

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As I've said before, the Greeks are re-inventing democracy for all of us. Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #2

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