I thought their reasons for being critical of democracy were typically what we have now in the major parties. Could this be related to Vic in some sense?
The tyrant is forced to commit a number of acts to gain and retain power: accuse people falsely, attack his kinsmen, bring people to trial under false pretenses, kill many people, exile many people, and purport to cancel the debts of the poor to gain their support (565e-566a).
The tyrant eliminates the rich, brave, and wise people in the city since he perceives them as threats to his power (567c).
Socrates indicates that the tyrant faces the dilemma to either live with worthless people or with good people who may eventually depose him and chooses to live with worthless people (567d).
The tyrant ends up using mercenaries as his guards since he cannot trust any of the citizens (567d-e).
The tyrant also needs a very large army and will spend the city’s money (568d-e), and will not hesitate to kill members of his own family if they resist his ways (569b-c).
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