Jon Kibler wrote:
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> Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:
>> IE: That a Democratic Republic has a better chance of averting
>> catastrophe than an Oligarchy.
>>
>> History tends to prove my point.
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> I beg to disagree. History proves the exact opposite point.
>
> The last great democracy before ours, in Athens, lasted a mere couple of
> hundred
> of years and was continually marked by in-fighting and wars of conquest, with
> the mob appeal of conquest being the eventual fall of Athens.
>
> On the other hand, great oligarchies, such as the Roman Catholic Church, have
> lasted for at least 1,500 years -- and some would argue that its reach has
> been
> nearly the full 2 millenia of its existence.
>
> Don't claim to use history to prove a point if you don't know your history!
Actually, Athens was a REAL democracy. Every *citizen* could vote. This
obviously led to groups of power which may have well have been oligarchy.
The Church is not a country. Rome was a republic.
Gadi.
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