Creepy Men in White Vans

The difference between a statesman and a politician is that the statesman has long-term thinking, while the politician's time-horizon is as short as the next election. Socrates feared democracy because he saw the politician, as a charlatan, always beating the statesman in the court of public opinion. He said that one was offering candy to the unsophisticated electorate, while the other was offering medicine. In a democracy, the outcome of this contest is so sure as to not require any further speculation.

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Video Sources:
1) Socrates clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJBzhcSWTk
2) Kamala Harris on 16 year olds voting: https://news.grabien.com/story-kamala-harris-reducing-voting-age-16-more-voters-mean-more-r
3) Kamala Harris says young people are stupid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDH669rUcA4