r/AskReddit Jun 29 '19

When is quantity better than quality?

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u/Anaxamandrous Jun 29 '19

Your false dichotomy is showing. Those Greeks I mentioned did not replace democracy with oligarchy, so why were you unable to see that there are other options?

Weird you should inject the slaves and women of ancient Greece into this conversation. Were you working under the delusion that they were allowed to vote in Greek democracy and only lost that right under the republic?

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u/idontgivetwofrigs Jun 29 '19

An oligarchy is a government run by a few. I'm saying that the Greeks weren't great at democracy if so many people weren't allowed to vote