Why Tyranny can be the Inevitable Outcome of Democracy

"Plato, one of the earliest thinkers and writers about democracy, predicted that letting people govern themselves would eventually lead the masses to support the rule of tyrants. When I tell my college-level philosophy students that in about 380 B.C. he asked “does not tyranny spring from democracy,” they’re sometimes surprised, thinking it’s a shocking connection," writes Lawrence Torcello, Rochester Institute of Technology (Nov. 27th, 2019)

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2020 Presidential Candidates Top $100 Million in Digital Ads. Trump is spending the most $$$ (see what the candidates are spending in this article)

"Trump is by far the top 2020 spender on digital ads overall, too. Billionaire investor Tom Steyer is a distant second with $13.4 million and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg comes in third at $9.3 million," write Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics (Nov. 20th, 2019)

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