Democracy vs Plato

Democracy and Plato’s Republic

We are in a time when people are questioning the workings of our government is the electoral process of choosing a president an accurate depiction of the public’s needs or wants. Does the government have the best interest of the people at heart or the best interest of the parties? In an economy besieged by recession is the structure of our government viable? These issues have been discussed in the past and different groups have come to different ideas on economic and political structures and how they should be decided. In our country and many other nations around the world, the observation has often been that democracy accompanied by capitalism presents the best, most competent use of resources, and that governments led by those ideals promise the best outcome for the people. Other countries have adopted very diverse governing principles. The Communist ideals adopted by some nations support the establishment of an unobstructed, stateless, classless social order based on common ownership as a means of property and production. I believe that although the population votes to bring about change, ultimately the decisions of the people are diminished by a higher power. It is not until the people are given control of the outcome will there be a change. I believe Plato's philosophy of life and theory of knowledge is the basis for the democracy of today. It is in Plato’s ideals that there is a belief that the higher powers are bestowed the wisdom to make the decisions. Unfortunately, by voter process decisions that are made by a knowledgeable working class are stifled by opposing groups. Plato viewed the character of government and the rule of law in many distinctive and necessary ways. Plato saw democracy as a form of governance as not only the same as the rule of law, but also the most efficient in implementing the law itself. Additionally, the law is subject to all persons, whether part of the population as a citizen or