Ian Crossland
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And then I don't want that function to be put in place.
Because it's too much power to put into one guy's hands.
I'm asking you for the function.
Only because I've read history about when oligarchs take power and when demagogues take full authoritarian power, and it usually is very, very bad.
Pisa Stratus, the guy that founded Athens, was an exceptionally benevolent dictator.
I think he did his job, and then he was like, I'm done.
They're like, no, be emperor forever.
Pisa Stratus, I think that's how you say his name, was the Greek dude.
He wandered into Athens when it was just this fishing village, and he had this beautiful woman with him.
He's like, this is Athena.
And they were like, oh.
And then he ruled Athens as their god, basically, and turned it into the greatest trade hub on earth.
And they call him a benevolent dictator.