Why America’s Presidential Elections Miss the Point
by Louis René Beres (June 2015)
Plato’s Republic endures as a celebrated touchstone of classical political thought. Here, attentive to what was once known as the Western Canon, college freshmen read hopefully about a “philosopher king.” This figure of reason and righteousness was cast to be an exemplary political leader – in Plato’s own time, the chief executive of a polity like Athens – one who would deftly combine real learning with virtuous governance. more>>>
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2 Responses
Excellent tour of the contemporary American political landscape to which I would add one modest proposal. All ballots should have a “none of the above” option. If Professor Beres is correct, methinks the NOTA vote would win in a landslide.
An excellent analysis of the national joke that we are forced to go through every four years. The election process has been corrupted from top to bottom. In big cities like Philadelphia the democrat primary chooses the mayor but they still go on with a costly November election, pretending that their citizens actually live in a Republic and not an empire. This will soon be the fate of the entire country; the billionaires control all and Hilary has already been chosen by the controllers and her campaign is another farce.