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[[File:Julius Caesar.png|thumb|217x217px|The enemies of [[Julius Caesar]] often described him as a tyrant.]] | [[File:Julius Caesar.png|thumb|217x217px|The enemies of [[Julius Caesar]] often described him as a tyrant.]] | ||
'''Tyrant''' is an insult used to describe certain leaders. In [[Slavery|ancient times]], it referred to leaders who supported the lower classes against the [[Ruling class|oligarchy]] and attempted to create popular [[Democracy|democracies]].<ref>{{Web citation|date=2023-05-05|title=Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world|url=https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/24/debt-michael-hudson-oligarchies-greece-rome/|newspaper=[[Geopolitical Economy Report]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528041512/https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/24/debt-michael-hudson-oligarchies-greece-rome/|archive-date=2023-05-28|author=[[Ben Norton]], [[Michael Hudson]]}}</ref> In [[Imperialism|modern times]], the [[bourgeois media]] slanders [[Socialist state|socialist states]] by calling them "tyrannies" | '''Tyrant''' is an insult used to describe certain leaders. In [[Slavery|ancient times]], it referred to leaders who supported the lower classes against the [[Ruling class|oligarchy]] and attempted to create popular [[Democracy|democracies]].<ref>{{Web citation|date=2023-05-05|title=Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world|url=https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/24/debt-michael-hudson-oligarchies-greece-rome/|newspaper=[[Geopolitical Economy Report]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528041512/https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/05/24/debt-michael-hudson-oligarchies-greece-rome/|archive-date=2023-05-28|author=[[Ben Norton]], [[Michael Hudson]]}}</ref> The [[Founding fathers of the United States|founding fathers]] of the [[United States of America|United States]] called democracy the "tyranny of the majority."<ref>{{Web citation|author=Crystal Kim|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Of, by, and for the elite: The class character of the U.S. Constitution|date=2022-10-19|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/class-character-of-the-u-s-constitution/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101071009/https://www.liberationschool.org/class-character-of-the-u-s-constitution/|archive-date=2022-11-01|retrieved=2022-11-24}}</ref> In [[Imperialism|modern times]], the [[bourgeois media]] slanders [[Socialist state|socialist states]] by calling them "tyrannies."<ref>{{Web citation|author=Carlos Martinez|newspaper=[[Geopolitical Economy Report]]|title=How Western media manufactures consent for new cold war on China|date=2022-10-23|url=https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/23/media-manufactures-consent-cold-war-china/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127071335/https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2022/10/23/media-manufactures-consent-cold-war-china/|archive-date=2023-01-27|retrieved=2023-05-29}}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 26 August 2023
Tyrant is an insult used to describe certain leaders. In ancient times, it referred to leaders who supported the lower classes against the oligarchy and attempted to create popular democracies.[1] The founding fathers of the United States called democracy the "tyranny of the majority."[2] In modern times, the bourgeois media slanders socialist states by calling them "tyrannies."[3]
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- ↑ Ben Norton, Michael Hudson (2023-05-05). "Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world" Geopolitical Economy Report. Archived from the original on 2023-05-28.
- ↑ Crystal Kim (2022-10-19). "Of, by, and for the elite: The class character of the U.S. Constitution" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
- ↑ Carlos Martinez (2022-10-23). "How Western media manufactures consent for new cold war on China" Geopolitical Economy Report. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2023-05-29.