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by crassus 4438 days ago
Democracy killed Jesus and Socrates
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dragonwriter 4438 days ago
> Democracy killed Jesus

The Roman province of Judea was a number of things, but a "democracy" wasn't one of them.

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waqf 4438 days ago
crassus may be referring to the crowd shouting for Barabbas: that would be in keeping with the implied interpretation of "democracy" as "mob rule".
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