Plato's Critique Of Democracy Analysis

Plato’s critique of democracy is thought provoking. Plato claims that democracy is a stage of political being, he believes that from oligarchy comes democracy, and from democracy comes tyranny . Many of Plato’s critiques critiques of democracy are logical, for example, Socrates (??? Aristotle or Plato???)says “For surely in a city under a democracy you would hear that this [freedom] is the finest thing it has, and that for this reason it is the only regime worth living for anyone who is by nature free”. This is very prevalent (?? rRelevant) as freedom is entrenched in western democratic societies today. However, modern day democracy has actually been around for thousands of years, and many of Plato’s dire predictions have not occurred. Additionally, Plato makes many …show more content…
As stated previously, Plato of course did not have the luxury of seeing democracy Plato out over thousands of years. That being said, Plato made many predictions in regards to democracy, and even though some did come true, most were proven false within this essay. Plato claimed that a man who lived a life of equality could not have priorities, which over time has not been the case. Moreover, Plato failed to provide a system in which his desired leader would be put into power; additionally, he claimed that democracy was only a stage of political being that eventually turns into tyranny. Using thousands of years of evidence that claim was also proven to be untrue. Lastly, Plato failed to recognize that over time, citizens would start to realize that politicians will say whatever it takes to get elected, and eventually people will start electing better leaders. In sum, Plato was a brilliant man, however, the majority of his predictions in regards to democracy were false, and therefore he did not have a compelling critique of