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 Democracy killed Socrates.  
 wIsDoM oF tHe cRoWd 
 That made me laugh more than it should have 😂 
 Exactly! And tyranny enslaved Plato. 
 And Aristoteles created a conquest warrior  
 Socrates killed Socrates
 
 Socrates is immortal.
He was convicted for "corrupting the youth"
He said: "I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think."
He was given the option of voluntary exile to save his life, but he chose death.
FUC*ING LEGEND! 
 All my senses rebel
Under the scrutiny of their persistent gaze.
It took a lifetime to get here,
A journey I'll never make again.
For those who have accepted the burden of shame.
For the innocent only guilt will remain
And our lives will be forced to accommodate
The perpetrators of our own bastard race.
All my senses rebel
Under the scrutiny of their persistent gaze.
It took a lifetime to get here,
A journey I'll never make again.
I stand accused of a thousand and one crimes.
A witness to events that led up to this present time.
These traditions, which bind our hands and keep us tied,
Will never survive the greater test of time.
Deliver me from these feverish eyes
That threaten to unbalance my state of mind.
For I must confess only to the smallest of crimes.
A sense of guilt. 
 True words right there.
We are cruel by nature, and something or someone too different must die.

-Sad but true-
Metallica 
 Do not throw pearls to swine.  Be selective in who you give your wisdom too, otherwise they will turn around and devour you. 
 few. 
 Was he?

Anyway, if you want to end demos, consider ending domus. 
 Democracy or autocracy?