this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2025
1599 points (93.6% liked)

Memes

49407 readers
1662 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Someone between 1804 and 1830: Democracy doesn't work, just look at France, it dissolves into an empire

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Or during Rome lol.

Republics don't work. They always just end up authoritarian.