@thefallenpo.et: When power rewards performance🪽Voiced by TheFallenPoet. How true it was when Plato said democracy never selects the best leader, it selects the best liar, and that is why every democracy eventually fails. Democracy does not reward wisdom, it rewards persuasion. The man who understands reality loses to the one who can manipulate perception. The honest lose to the charming, the disciplined to the theatrical. Plato said the heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior. That is not moral advice, it is a law of power. When competence withdraws, manipulation advances. When truth is costly, lies become efficient. When popularity determines authority, deception becomes strategy. Democracy does not collapse from the outside, it hollows itself out from within. And when the lies finally shake the system, the ending is predictable. The people do not resist tyranny, they beg for it. 📕 I wrote a book Between Heaven & Earth for those who question the world beneath the surface, who sense the difference between appearance and truth, and are learning to think for themselves in a loud world. It’s about awareness, perspective, and seeing beyond illusion. Comment “Book” and I’ll send you the link. #poetry #philosophy #plato #awareness #truth
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Evi :
Democracy requires educated people. Doesn’t work otherwise
2026-02-08 08:30:46
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TheHangedMan :
Democracy only works when the PEOPLE ARE EDUCATED.
2026-02-10 10:20:39
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D :
“Reluctant leaders are often the best leaders.” and “The most dangerous leaders are the ones who crave it most.” How true it is.
2026-02-08 04:43:25
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CharlesInHouston :
That’s why democratic governments demonize socialism and communism. It rewards competent leaders and destroys corruption. Case in point, China. Anyone who has visited China knows how vastly superior the quality of life is there over western capitalist democracy.
2026-02-08 02:57:03
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goodomens42 :
“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” -Churchill
2026-02-07 23:51:17
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POPPYTOM :
China has brought 800 million out of poverty in 40 years. Is more productive than the USA (which controlled most industries after WW2). Their government is based on meritocracy, education, and experience. (Some reality TV star or movie star would never qualify for public office let alone become president.)
2026-02-10 14:06:24
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Croakiejoe 🐸 :
Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried. - Sir Winston Churchill. Having lived all over the world under numerous forms of government, he is 100% correct.
2026-02-08 12:25:31
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Prettiest Star💫⭐️ :
It was true then. And sadly still true now.
2026-02-08 01:36:12
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Scented meat :
Democracy is the tyranny of the majority, the lowest common denominator. anyone who study political science would know it is the worst form of government.
2026-02-08 06:08:33
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Demi Giannopoulou :
Because democracy works on educated people (that’s what he said). And there is a reason that nations wants us to remain uneducated. It helps them to win their game. 😉
2026-02-08 04:16:18
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Katherine Noddin286 :
I prefer to live in a constitutional republic like we still do
2026-02-09 13:13:49
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Ronin :
A Republic with crooked leadership is worse. Ask those who died with the Roman Empire.
2026-02-09 03:43:41
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juscurious :
When popularity becomes Authority deception becomes Strategy - So true
2026-02-10 20:08:08
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Ahmed Alshareef :
Democracy is life in the jungle
2026-02-08 06:51:49
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jhecker1990 :
With the present U.S. administration, this is the living proof that democracy fails
2026-02-08 14:33:17
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Jac 🇨🇦 :
Absolute power corrupts absolutely
2026-02-11 19:12:29
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Treasure :
That is not democracy that is politics
2026-02-12 04:57:59
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Riddler351 :
Absolute truth
2026-02-10 15:22:38
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Loma :
“When competence withdraws, manipulation advances.” So true and sad at the same time. Our best and most competent do not even seek office anymore.
2026-02-08 03:26:17
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Jhaoskie🏳️🌈 :
Bagay na bagay to sa Pilipinas 😑😑😑
2026-02-12 02:22:05
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Hey O.G. :
Well, we’re almost there in America
2026-02-10 04:01:55
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@ViolaDaily :
“When popularity determines authority, deception becomes strategy” and that felt raw to me. From the earliest times till today, it never changes. Just look for the people seated in power today. Same-same. Everything is for a Show. Eveything.
2026-02-08 01:46:33
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david harris :
first time I have heard this, brilliant.
2026-02-08 12:50:14
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Crystal Fortune :
Yes. Thats why we live in a Constitutional Republic.
2026-02-08 13:56:53
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