Democracy relates to power, control, citizenship, and freedom.
Plato asserted there are different categories of human beings and there is little point in letting the 2nd and third classes believe they are socially mobile in anyway.
Society functions better if people know their place and stay in it.
The ruling elite make decisions, the middle class make it all nice and shiny and inform the working class about whats to be done.
Past times such as tele, listening to music etc are 'distractions' to these classes from reality of how society functions and in blissful ignorance.
They are exploited by those in power
So Platos theory on a functioning society depends upon a denial of freedom, people are to be used, ruled and kept in place and distracted from questioning about how to system works.
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