Why did Plato distrust democracy?

Plato’s perceived democracy as the Athenian state, as that is all he knew. He felt it was corrupt, so assumed all democracy was the same way. He thought Athens government was a tool for the wealthy to use in their own twisted ways. To him, it was anarchic in a way, as well as ruled by mobs. In conclusion, the societal issues of the Athenian state caused his distrust for democratic government.

in 1891, the people's party (also known as the populist party, or the populists) was formed as a political party representing the interests of the nation's agricultural sector. the farmer's alliance was a major part of the populist coalition.

“the iliad” (gr: “iliás”) is an epic poem by the ancient greek poet homer, which recounts some of the significant events of the final weeks of the trojan war and the greek siege of the city of troy (which was also known as ilion, ilios or ilium in ancient times).