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How did the first democracy die?

352.631 - 369.506 PJ Vogt

a lot of what Thucydides wrote, you could be forgiven for thinking it was about us today. Complaining about Athens, his hometown around 400 BC, he observed that, quote, most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear. Huh.

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