Criticism of Democracy

Hey bros,
I got into a discussion with a coworker about how democracy is inherently flawed and won' work in the US much longer due to the fact that we are no longer an ethnically homogeneous society.
In addition, I said that the best form of government would be a sort of Roman-style dictatorship.
He asked for me to cite sources for why I believe what I believe.
I'm mostly pulling from Socrates and Xenophon here on their critiques of democracy, and the rule of Emperor Augustus and Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus are easy to pull up.
Do you fellas have any infographs or quotes that could assist me in solidifying my argument against democracy? I'm not trying to go all 1488 on this guy yet, but the slow red pills will help a lot.

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>He asked for me to cite sources
who cares. now you're playing an authority game with swine.enjoy your circular arguments.

Fuck off
American will always be superior to any kind of King kneeling, Emperor pleasing, Nazi Dictator Nigger. We the people will always brave new waters. Not drown in old faggots who lost.

I'm an opponent of democracy, not a republic and I stand with the Constitution. However, I think that democracy has spun out of control and needs to be reeled back in, hence why I bring up Cincinnatus.

Arguing against Democracy is easy, but arguing for Dictatorship is a bit more difficult. Monarchy, on the other hand...

Sup Forums shills Hoppe a lot, and he's probably a good starting point for both (anti-democracy, pro-monarchy).

With that said, I haven't read it yet, but I feel like you might find Machiavelli's Discourses on Livy to be an interesting counterpoint, as he was sympathetic to the Roman Republic.

Thanks.
I'll definitely check it out.
I do find monarchy alluring, but the problem is, who would be a good monarch in the US? In Biblical and times and the Middle Ages, it was God-given, but with today's society, it would be hard for one to come to power.

You want to learn about monarchy?

The writings of Montaigne and Bossuet

To my understanding, in Paleolibertarian thought, monarchies are basically hereditary and privately-owned corporation-like entities where people live voluntarily while abiding by its terms.

So its legitimacy is derived from contract, defended by whatever the monarch has at his disposal. There is no coercion of subjects, just physical removal from the society if they don't abide by the rules.

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Only read his Poetics

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"durr durr cite sources for your philosophical belief durrrr"
This is why empiricists are fucking garbage idiots, they all think they're so intelligent but they can't grasp the simplest philosophical concepts.
There is no "source" to argue for the superiority of one system over another, it depends on what you value and how you would like to organize society around those values to achieve whatever ideal you want. There can never BE a 'source' for a moral question.
Fucking empiricist faggots are pathetic.

democracy is never possible. Bring back the monarch.

Your criticisms of democracy are spot on. As were Socrates.

What you don’t seem to understand is the fact that our founding fathers also considered the flaws of a purely democratic society and that’s why they went through the trouble of taking the best elements from Classical Greek AND Roman society.

And that’s why the United States today is officially listed as a DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLIC form of government. With other added features. There’s no such thing as a perfect government but we’ve got the closest thing to it. And I think I could safely say Socrates would be pleased with the government we’ve founded.

"philia" is what the germans would call Volk

Devine right of Kings. Anything less is socialism

Soon.

>democracy
>a bunch of people who may or may not be retards
>monarchy
>one person who may or may not be a retard
if only there was a way to fix these systems...

>He asked for me to cite sources for why I believe what I believe.
Why don't you just give him your reasoning? That should be enough

I don't know if he ever did an infograph, but Polybius's critique (really a defense of republicanism) is ideal.

Your idea of "Roman-style dictatorship" is stupid, even the Romans thought so.

democracy might be retarded but dictatorship is even worse and is the unachievable fantasy that one individual human will magically have your best interests at heart and wont just shit up the country trying to maintain power like everytime its ever been tried irl

obligatory watch

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>inb4 reddit tier video, go back to leditt etc

This. If you're truly into Greek philosophy you should at least understand the basics of argumentation and how absolutely worthless providing a source for an opinion is or sourcespamming in general. Most likely if the guy is requesting one he's either retarded or you're making unusual claims within the realm of objectivity in which case it's a shit show either way.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes has some top-tier arguments about democracy vs autocracy throughout it if you're too dumb to read a book.

Democracies are easier for Jews to take over and parasite off of.

Also "The Leviathan" is very good.

Democracy is immoral and Illegitimate

Illegitimate Part
A democracy does not choose what is right, it chooses what is popularly, and popularity does not equate to correctness. The "will of the people" is not the will of the individual. No one should have to face the consequences of some else's decision. Just because 51% of a nation wants something doesn't mean the other 49% should suffer.

Immoral Part
Democracy also turns people against one another, as you can see in today society. Under normal circumstances, people trying to tell you what to do, and how to live your life, is seen as authoritarian, immoral, and illegitimate. However, this is exactly what government does, and those who control government control the people. If you allow people the ability to control another individual's property via vote through a democratically elected government. Then everybody in society becomes a threat to you. Creating a "Us vs Them" mentality.