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Ep. 128: A Government of Laws

Young Heretics

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What Happens When Paisa's Statistics Dies?

David Frum: We don't object to tyranny because it always produces bad outcomes. He says the real problem is that a form of government can be just in itself, ruling and being ruled in turn. In Sparta, he says, we get this guy who joins forces with Kleisthenes and takes control effectively. And so now you've got this guy, this king in Sparta, who kicks the Pisistertids out, and now we're really going to get democracy.

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