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with Chris Hedges
RT America on Mar 25, 2018
Peter L. P. Simpson, a Professor of Classics & Philosophy at the City University of New York, discusses the nature of democracy by deconstructing the political philosophy of liberalism.
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Great conversation!
Yanis Varoufakis is pretty good on the ancient Greeks, as well….& the modern!
Thanks, David.
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Democracy is largely an illusion
Of course it is but a widely held belief because we are told and have been told since birth that the US is a democracy.
and the UK! You’re right, the whole system is built to make you believe that you have a chance.
Yes, the UK, too.
In modern nation-states, Democracy is a myth. I just watched a brief history of Greece video, and in it when mentioning democracy the video stated if the ancient Greeks saw modern day “democracy” they would call it what it actually is, an Oligarchy. Video begins at 8:23:
Thanks to RebelVoice for the video, http://rebelvoice.blog/2018/03/24/ancient-greece-in-18-minutes/
Watching the video now at 5am haha
So are you up late or up early?
I woke up at 4am and decided might as well get to work before the world awakes!
Very good.