
Aristotle, Constant, and the Distribution of Time
Political Theory 101
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The Class Society Is One Where Even the Governing Class Is Vulgar
In our society, even jeff bezos isn't truly free, because what he does with is leisure time is stuff that aristotle would regard as vulgar. It's about pursuing more money, rather than pursuing activities and relationships that are valued for the sake of the good. At least in ancient greece, at least in aristotle and plato's view, some people were free, even if most people weren't. But to day's class society is one where even the ruling class isn't trulyFree. And so that's the opposition the right wing people make to whether it's authoritarian socialism or more contemporary movements for democratic socialism. They say that, oh, what you're trying
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