I don’t know what Greece being the birthplace of democracy 2500 years ago has to do with this.
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Garionreturns2May 7, 2026
+61
It makes the headline sound better.
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Electroppp7May 7, 2026
+9
This is democracy manifest
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DaemonPrimarchJMay 10, 2026
+1
You know your judo well
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h30666May 8, 2026
+7
Greece, birthplace of democracy, once had a king get killed by a monkey
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Confident_DragonMay 7, 2026
+19
It sounds better than "Greek populist prime minister proposes meaningless change to constitution hoping it will distract people from their economic decisions".
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RealTomSkerrittMay 7, 2026
+8
You should try reading the article. Its not that hard of a connection to make.
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Boatster_McBoatMay 7, 2026
+17
Nah, he wants to get through pure rational thought alone, like a philosopher from the birthplace of democracy
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GreaterAttackMay 7, 2026
-1
In fact, Greece as we know it didn't exist at the time. The Athenians, who actually invented democracy, repudiated city-states like Sparta and Thebes that were oligarchic.
Of course, the city-state model was itself quite communitarian in its organization, but not always, or even often, democratic.
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AlwaysUpvotesScienceMay 7, 2026
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This comment would likely have not received any down votes had you not chose to use the words "in fact" and "of course".
removing the word "actually" would also have served you well.
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GreaterAttackMay 8, 2026
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I'm not sure what you mean. It was just a statement of fact, because the title is misleading. I wrote "of course" because it was an observation that anyone with a classical education would be familiar with.
It isn't a fault of my language if people are ignorant of elementary historical facts.
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JugHerKnotMay 7, 2026
+5
Skynet will remember this
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FoghkouteconvnhxbkgvMay 8, 2026
+1
Wow! That's cool
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Educational-Bus-7827May 8, 2026
-8
Greece is not the “birthplace of democracy”. What a load of horse shit
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Ayvee12May 8, 2026
+4
For someone with education in their username you sure lack it buddy.
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