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In 2008, Classics Professor Josiah Ober wrote a prescient piece titled: "An Ancient Athenian’s Advice to President Obama." "“Finally, despite what your predecessor believed, don’t start thinking that a democratic leader can mimic the arbitrary powers of autocrats. Kings, tyrants, and oligarchs have advantages that a true democratic leader does not enjoy. You may envy their freedom of action. You may be tempted, as were some leaders in Athens, to try to grab more executive authority for yourself. If you give in to that temptation you will fail. The Demos will come to despise your presumption and you will cut yourself off from the ultimate source of democracy’s competitive advantage."
Posted on: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:20:53 +0000

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