The Democracy Dilemma (Part Two)

The Nick Holt Podcast

English - September 19, 2022 23:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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Previous Episode: Democracy is a dangerous idea (Part 1)

Next Episode: 2022 US elections: Trump, Kari Lake, the economy, and Joe Biden (special guest Adam Creighton)

Welcome to part two of the democracy dilemma with American political philosopher Jonathan Anomaly.

In part one we discussed Book 8 of Plato’s republic in which the Greek philosopher Plato argued that Athenian democracy was a sham. A total disaster.

He says democracy is anarchy mistaken as freedom

Plato believed that this freedom leads to chaos, and the state degenerates into mob rule; this leads to the emergence of a tyrant.

In this episode we’ll examine similarities between Plato’s observations and our democratic world today. Including how a society hell-bent on unfettered freedom has delivered us gender ideology, health mandates, and a slew of politically correct woke decrees, which seek to stymie democratic principles, rather than advance them.

We’ll also ask the question: are we really living under democracy? Or has a new tyrant emerged in the form of global technocratic dictatorship?