The word timocracy was developed in ancient Greece and referred to a system of government , where the only ones who have the opportunity to be part of it, are those who possess certain capital or certain goods ; otherwise they could not be part of the government.This system was proposed in the sixth century by the statesman and legislator Solon in the constitution of Athens.
Solon considered that they were due create laws where citizens are granted rights, depending on their economic power or social class .In this way, individuals who had more money enjoyed rights and warriors of others.In a way, those who were military represented a special caste, which had access to power.
From a philosophical perspective, great thinkers like Platon, Aristotle or Socrates meditated on the most appropriate systems of government to establish in societies and coincidentally agreed that democracy was not the most appropriate, because they thought that, with time , the people's government could end up sunk in corruption .When Platon has The reference to the timocracy, visualizes a government led by the military, who act oriented by the sense of honor.
However Platon does not consider this system of government as the more suitable since the most desirable thing would be for governments to be led by philosophers and wise, since these would be guided by truth and justice.The truth is that for this philosopher, timocracy is full of imperfections and a deviation from what a good government should actually be
These reflections of Platon, should not be taken into account as mere reflections; It should be remembered that in the course of history many nations have been governed by military , who have assumed power motivated by the sense of honor, but it goes without saying that many of these governments have failed in their way of exercising power, since many of them have fallen into totalitarianism.
There is no doubt that the best form of government is one where the people, choose who will represent you in the government and that any citizen has the possibility to apply for these positions; that is, those who wish to have access to power should only be chosen through the popular vote.
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