Delphic Podcast by Michael R D James
Sep 4, 2026 · 3 min · 4 segments
Ancient Athens was a form of direct democracy probably because of its size. The BBC in a program about direct Democracies make the claim that the USA may be an example of this form of rule and that a…
Michael R. D. JamesHostI am not sure that this is fair judgment of Plato's political ideas since many of these are still used as a standard by which to measure the quality of justice in societies today.
Plato was definitely not a liberal but many humanistic liberals have sought and found inspiration in his dialogues.
Since I have, in earlier posts, raised the question of whether humanistic liberalism is in the process of being dismantled by current events in the UK and USA it might be useful to use some of Plato's ideas to analyse the phenomenon of Mr Donald Trump in terms of the idea of being an enemy of the open society.
I am not sure that this is fair judgment of Plato's political ideas since many of these are still used as a standard by which to measure the quality of justice in societies today.
Plato was definitely not a liberal but many humanistic liberals have sought and found inspiration in his dialogues.
Since I have, in earlier posts, raised the question of whether humanistic liberalism is in the process of being dismantled by current events in the UK and USA it might be useful to use some of Plato's ideas to analyse the phenomenon of Mr Donald Trump in terms of the idea of being an enemy of the open society.
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