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by uriahlight 35 days ago
"The excessive increase of anything often causes a reaction in the opposite direction; and this is the case with freedom, which in a democracy often descends into anarchy... The excessive liberty of the individual in a democracy eventually leads to a desire for authoritarian rule, and out of that desire, the tyrant arises." - Plato's Republic
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No fair, we didn't even get the fun anarchy part before skipping right on to tyrrany!
Oh look, an aristocrat patron sponsored is big into aristocracy, what a surprise.