@rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 13 days agoParenti on Democracylemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down12
arrow-up150arrow-down1imageParenti on Democracylemmy.blahaj.zone@rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 13 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-square@dariusj18@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•13 days agoI’m not sure one can use ancient Greece as an exampe of democracy not being tied to wealth.
minus-square@rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkEnglish0•13 days agohe addresses that in the speech, actually. In many ways it was flawed; slavery, excluding women, etc. However in other ways it was superior as a substantive democracy
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•edit-213 days agoParenti’s grasp of antiquity is atrocious, honestly. Not to mention his modern genocide apologia.
I’m not sure one can use ancient Greece as an exampe of democracy not being tied to wealth.
he addresses that in the speech, actually. In many ways it was flawed; slavery, excluding women, etc. However in other ways it was superior as a substantive democracy
Parenti’s grasp of antiquity is atrocious, honestly.
Not to mention his modern genocide apologia.