Plato said that democracies had to be small and geographically compact to work.

· Bits and Bobs 11/10/25
  • Plato said that democracies had to be small and geographically compact to work.
    • Everyone has to feel like part of one thing, together.
    • Madison wrote a Federalist paper arguing that a larger democracy could work, because of faster transit and the newspaper.
    • He argued that a larger democracy could stay coherent and also be more dynamic.