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I think you brought up to, and I mean, I don't know, because you talked about how democracy fails a lot of the time.

And so if we're going by the consensual narrative,

have you ever heard why Socrates hated democracy?

Have you ever heard his spiel on it?

I mean, he basically, he says democracy fails because they don't teach their people how to vote.

And he actually went kind of used this analogy.

He had the doctor and then the sweet salesman, right?

And let's say, let's say the doctor and the sweet salesmen are running against each other for office.

And, you know, the doctor goes, well, you know, i might have to hurt you or prick you uh to

to make you feel better but ultimately i heal you and then you have the candy man who's over there

you know singing the praises and promises well i give you sweet treats all the time i give you

sweet treats you want the

sweet treats do you not then you're going to vote for me and so this is this is why he could not stand

democratic governments because whenever there was a representative permit of some kind

that they would never teach their people how to vote properly. Of course, you know, on the back end, we,

we know, uh, we know that, uh, there's many, many other reasons why democratic governments

turn out the way that they do. I disagreed with Socrates on that, though, because I don't

think a benevolent dictator is going to be the answer for the perfect government.

And I think there's too many, there's too many variables at play there when it comes to

human psychology and putting one person in charge of a whole country.

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