Flying Squid to Political Weirdos @lemmy.world • 10 months agoApartheid weirdo says the quiet part out loudlemmy.worldimagemessage-square186fedilinkarrow-up11.02K
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish40•edit-210 months agoSame old story, same old song and dance. Dudes with power and influence been screeching this since Plato’s dong dangled beneath his toga.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•10 months ago Dudes with power and I fluence been screeching this since Plato’s dong dangled beneath his toga. Where have I heard that quote before? Is it Shakespeare?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoI mean this may be my 'tism spiking but Plato has an actual quote about “the weakness of democracy” and its exactly what you would expect; just advocating for the rich and affluent to rule.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•10 months agoMarx and Engels were pretty comfortable to philosophize from their cushy socioeconomic status.
Same old story, same old song and dance. Dudes with power and influence been screeching this since Plato’s dong dangled beneath his toga.
Where have I heard that quote before? Is it Shakespeare?
I mean this may be my 'tism spiking but Plato has an actual quote about “the weakness of democracy” and its exactly what you would expect; just advocating for the rich and affluent to rule.
Marx and Engels were pretty comfortable to philosophize from their cushy socioeconomic status.