[dpfu]

I find the writer‘s glowing admiration for Spengler disturbing. He was an antidemocratic thinker, whose books are pure speculative fiction. What the author calls „unorthodox“ methods, used to get a „holistic“ picture of historical developments, are (scientifically speaking) plain rubbish. Spengler wanted a dictator. He did not like Hitler, but was a Mussolini fanboy.

[voldacar]

>He was an antidemocratic thinker

Yeah he never pretended otherwise. I'm not sure what your point is here - that there shouldn't be any antidemocratic thinkers? There should only exist people who like democracy?

[hh3k0]

> He was an antidemocratic thinker

I do not consider that disqualifying by itself. Plato and Socrates viewed democracy critically, too. I do agree, howeve, that the author paints an awfully one-sided picture of Spengler.

[hilbertseries]

Very different to be anti democratic when Plato and Socrates were alive than in the 20th century.

[Taikonerd]

Yeah -- "democracy" back then meant direct democracy in the agora, right? No modern state does that.

[hh3k0]

Switzerland comes to mind. Switzerland is not a direct democracy in its entirety but has many direct democracy elements, to such a degree that it is not a representative democracy either.