Plato's Republic

I feel one of the main focuses in Plato's Republic is the switch from oligarchy to a republic. Oligarchy is a government by a small group of people and a republic is when the power of the state rests in the hands of the citizens and representatives that are chosen by the people as well. In our society, people like republics because they feel they have more of a say and are not being "bossed around". However, Plato said that men wanted to be as wealthy as they could, so they wanted to switch to a republican government. I think this was a bit odd because nowadays, oligarchy,communism, dictatorship, tyranny, and fascism type of governments have more separation of classes and unequally distributed wealth. Therefore, I found this statement to be unjust and shows how far society really has come around.

Another interesting concept is how the better rulers back then are the ones that have a sort of warrior-like personality. It reminds me almost of the spartans. They go based on their social norms and values. Values, for example, that have a strong tie to fighting. Warrior is very high on the social ladder than farmers, homemakers, and workers. I feel that this has also changed during our time period and back then, they found the smartest people to be the warriors with their tactics.