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'All democracies turn into dictatorships—but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator.' - George Lucas on the Clone Wars (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/25/democracy-tyranny-and-star-wars

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[–] neanderthal@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is ANCIENT. Plato wrote this in Republic.

ETA: It has been a while, so I don't know the exact order Plato's cycle has.

[–] abrake@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

In the Republic, it basically goes: aristocracy (of philosophers) -> aristocracy (of warriors) -> oligarchy -> democracy -> tyranny