[koszik]

Please take a look at what happened in Athens a few thousand years ago. You'll see that even then people were susceptible to fear mongering and manipulation, so in effect the real power was in the hands of a few. People has always been stupid, there's no way around that, sorry.

[mauricemir]

The Melian dialogue is what the poster is referring to here for those that did not any classics at school

[yellowapple]

Today I learned that the Athenians were assholes, at least for awhile. Who knew?