The Timeless Truth About Tyranny According to Aristotle

Is your government slowly becoming tyrannical? Aristotle warned us 2,300 years ago.

In this eye-opening exploration of Aristotle's analysis of tyranny, we delve into the timeless insights of one of history's greatest political thinkers. Drawing from Aristotle's great work "Politics," we uncover the mechanisms of tyrannical rule that are as relevant today as they were in ancient Greece.
Discover how Aristotle's experiences with the Thirty Tyrants of Athens and his personal relationship with the tyrant Hermias shaped his understanding of unjust rule.

Learn the tactics tyrants use to rise to power and maintain their grip on society - from manipulating public opinion to undermining social trust.
We'll explore the true nature of tyranny according to Aristotle, how tyrants differ from legitimate rulers, the ways tyrannies often come to power, Aristotle's list of tyrannical tactics, many still used today, and why Aristotle believed all tyrannies are doomed to fail.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:40 What is Tyranny?
3:58 Rise of Tyrants
5:59 Tactics of Tyrants
9:50 Downfall of Tyrants
12:10 Outro

[Mayamax]

"Just because you do not take an interest in politics, doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you." - Pericles 400's BC

[timothymeadows]

"When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny." - Thomas Jefferson

[TimmiOz]

"Do you see any parallels?" Almost everywhere

[melikered]

"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."
- Tacitus

[yoiyoikokon]

Now we don't have a tyrant person, we have a tyrant government with an illusion of choice.

[jonathanwilliams]

This explains why mass immigration is being encouraged and nobody is allowed to question it

[Lobomaru]

As a wise man once said, "an unpopular regime can only ignore the will of the people for so long."

[JohnPaul-nglh]

Yep, here in Canada.
I served in our infantry and deployed to Afghanistan in 2007.
This isn't the same country as what I served for.
I weep for my Brothers who died there for they sacrificed for nothing.

[GenerationX]

Wealth is drained from the masses. Sounds like the USA where 1 full time job isn't enough to buy a house in most states.

[joshburts]

Right now, all first world countries. From the entirety of the UK and Europe, to Australia and the US.

[tothemoon]

"For a tyranny is not destroyed until some men come to trust each other" -Aristotle

[chrisgilling]

“The best Governor, governs least”.
- Lao Tzu

[scaryfakevirus]

Tyrants don't create tyranny, your compliance does. You Tube keep deleting the rest of this post. They can see themselves AND THEY HATE IT.

[tgtjnqv]

Aristotle, timeless. He described perfectly what we're living today (unfortunately) 2, 500 years ago.

[firstnamelastname]

It's fucking insane how smart they were. I grew up being taught "yeah some were smart but they were all barbarians who would be seen as savages today".

Favourite quote "the society that separates it's scholars from it's soldiers will have it's fighting done by fools and it's thinking done by cowards" thucydides an athenian general quoted after the peloponessian war

[dominictaylor]

A brilliant summary. One observation to add: since ~1960s there has been a concerted effort to remove the study of ancient Greek, Latin and Hebrew literature, once a mainstay of education, from the academic curriculum. This video shows why.

[Tyrs_Finox]

I never read Aristotle's "politics" at any level of school. I think now I know why it was never offered; our elites (who run the schools) knew that exposure would mean we'd see them for the tyrants they are and I do now. I will be reading this book, good introduction!

[moosings]

We're living in a global tyranny, where few are the governments that do not meet this standard. In the u.s. we have every element of tyranny, as with most of the developed world. Now there are technological tools of the tyrant that make for a level of tyranny that Aristotle never dreamed of, giving the tyrant unprecedented ability to manipulate information and public opinion as well as surveil and gather information.

[DioTheGreatOne]

If you guys ever wondered why western schools and universities no longer teach ancient history (Greece and Rome) well now you know! Because ancient history is basically a giant middle finger to the current ruling ideology.

[walther.laufer-]

When I heard Starmer talk of a "government of service", I recalled this quotation:

"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants"

Albert Camus