tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post5507946143731300529..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Aristotle's Guide: How to Be a TyrantDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-38503258956082345282013-09-09T16:27:17.977-05:002013-09-09T16:27:17.977-05:00Why single out Obama? Because the crown currently ...Why single out Obama? Because the crown currently sits upon HIS head. He's the king of current events.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-55385290349760667352013-09-06T00:40:23.363-05:002013-09-06T00:40:23.363-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-54042975873632174252013-09-05T23:10:55.307-05:002013-09-05T23:10:55.307-05:00Why single out Obama? You can go all the way back ...Why single out Obama? You can go all the way back to Jackson. In Europe, you can go back to the original Protestant democracies which were soon, like 5 or 10 years, dictatorships. With the possible exception of Reagan, which president, which Congress tried to reverse the centralizing and dictatorial tendencies of democracy?Tartarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-36894856474210124352013-09-05T23:01:50.429-05:002013-09-05T23:01:50.429-05:00You're thinking of Socrates, and you're mi...You're thinking of Socrates, and you're misunderstanding the case in any event. Aristotle died of natural causes.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-76370945108340646402013-09-05T20:02:09.701-05:002013-09-05T20:02:09.701-05:00Aristotle was put to death for child molestation.Aristotle was put to death for child molestation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-37746260137014694272013-09-05T18:30:59.762-05:002013-09-05T18:30:59.762-05:00That's from the Politics, book 5 part 10. Als...That's from the <i>Politics</i>, book 5 part 10. Also in book five is the warning that democracies must not give in to the temptation to redistribute wealth. In book six we learn that Jeffersonian democracy is the best kind -- yeoman farmers and all that.<br /><br />No, really. He doesn't use those terms, but go read it.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com