How the ancient Greeks kept ruthless narcissists from capturing their democracy: And what modern politics could learn from them

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How the ancient Greeks kept ruthless narcissists from capturing their democracy: And what modern politics could learn from them

Steve Taylor
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In Ancient Greece times, all Athenian men wielded power via a system of direct democracy which saw leaders change regularly [Image: Jim Niakaris on Unsplash]

Steve Taylor's book DisConnected, discusses how the essential human trait of connectedness determines our behaviour and our level of wellbeing, and what happens when it is missing. Here he delves into the original model of democracy

Ancient Greece was in many ways a brutal society. It was almost perpetually at war, slavery was routine and women could only expect a low status in so, Donald Trump CR Jon Tyson-WeK on Unsplash, Trump probably would have found ancient leadership less appealing [Image: Jon Tyson-WeK on Unsplash]