I misspoke in my original post and brain dead said Aristotle when I meant Plato, a mix-up which would have offended both of them.
Our governmental system is not built on Socrates’ philosophies, neither in practice, nor on paper.
Alhough I am admittedly less familiar with his work, Aristotle is closer to our current (on paper) system, but I never intended to claim he was pro merit-based leadership; Socrates, as depicted through Plato, was. That’s a problem, because whoever determines what “merit” is leads to unapologetic, authoritarian, often fascist, rule.
I misspoke in my original post and brain dead said Aristotle when I meant Plato, a mix-up which would have offended both of them.
Our governmental system is not built on Socrates’ philosophies, neither in practice, nor on paper.
Alhough I am admittedly less familiar with his work, Aristotle is closer to our current (on paper) system, but I never intended to claim he was pro merit-based leadership; Socrates, as depicted through Plato, was. That’s a problem, because whoever determines what “merit” is leads to unapologetic, authoritarian, often fascist, rule.