• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Anacyclosis is a political theory that describes the cyclical nature of political systems, suggesting that governments progress through a series of stages from monarchy to tyranny, then to aristocracy, democracy, and eventually back to monarchy. This concept emphasizes the inevitable decline of political systems as they shift between these forms, influenced by internal and external factors.

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      6 hours ago

      This is ANCIENT. Plato wrote this in Republic.

      ETA: It has been a while, so I don’t know the exact order Plato’s cycle has.

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        In the Republic, it basically goes: aristocracy (of philosophers) -> aristocracy (of warriors) -> oligarchy -> democracy -> tyranny

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      They fail because people are lied to. Because they are used, and abused, and offered limited resources.

      So they turn to someone who gives them hopeful words. Sadly those words are often lies.

      Laying at the feet of “stupidity” is over-simplifying it because it makes the hurt a little less.

      If all this suffering can just be laid at “ur dum” it hurts just a little less. But it’s a terrible anesthetic that makes the next hurt that much more likely.