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Can freedom as non-domination survive at the scale of millions?
I grew up hearing my grandmother speak Quechua at the market in Lima, and I spent summers in her village, where the community, the ayllu, still assigned duties by rotation. Every household took its turn at the offices of the community, at…
Started by Mateo Quispe5 replies181 views -
Read the Republic with ‘citizen community’ in place of ‘state’ and the argument changes
I teach theology at a secondary school in Thessaloniki, and every year a student asks why we bother with Plato's Republic, since it's obviously a blueprint for a totalitarian state. I've started giving them an exercise that I'd like to share here.…
Started by Nikos Stavridis0 replies112 views