The Athenian Plague, a Cautionary Tale of Democracy’s Fragility

From The New Yorker: Princeton’s  Gary Bass writes, “For anyone hopeful that democracy is the best system for coping with the current coronavirus pandemic, the Athenian disaster stands as a chilling admonition. As Plato knew, political regimes are as fragile as any other human structure, and all fall in time.”https://bit.ly/3huc9uf