what if Donald trump woke up in Ancient greece

Or replace the Parthenon’s “boring” white marble with gold plated plaques and gewgaw.

"I will declare a war against Persia for oil".

@kind_Panda said ^

asks where he can buy it...

In Athenian Democracy, women cannot vote, foreigners are treated differently and must pay high taxes. Politicians, such as strategists, come from wealthy families and wage political wars within their own families for power.

Slavery is common and even philosophers had slaves. and Athens does not hesitate to attack and colonize other city sometimes depriving them of their cultures.

@MandoMan13 said ^

Or replace the Parthenon’s “boring” white marble with gold plated plaques and gewgaw.

The Parthenon used to be painted in ancient times, it has just worn off since then.

Lol I forgot that! Thanks for reminding me

Considering his age and judging by the look of his hair and makeup, I'd say he wakes up in ancient grease every day.

@YumLentilSoup said ^

I'll let u guys finish this one.. lemme grap some popcorn

Bro is "grapping" some popcorn

haha funny

As a Greek, I was despairing at the ignorance of the entire string. Then MandoMan13 and CKSA_Moscou came back with truth.
As for Socrates, he hated the Athenian form, and would certainly have hated the modern form even more. This applies both to the left and the right, but over the last decade or so Socrates would have been more upset by the left.

'we can make persia great again'

@nomismatongambit said ^

As a Greek, I was despairing at the ignorance of the entire string. Then MandoMan13 and CKSA_Moscou came back with truth.
As for Socrates, he hated the Athenian form, and would certainly have hated the modern form even more. This applies both to the left and the right, but over the last decade or so Socrates would have been more upset by the left.

You've just raised a very interesting point about Socrates and what he could have though of modern politics. Based on the little we know of him, and almost exclusively through the writings of his disciplesw he was quite unconventional, but more in intellectual than practical side. Practically speaking, he was an almost normal Greek citizen, at the exception of his perpetually searching for progress and ideals (the imperfection and ignorance, so therefore it encourage search for knowledge) in thought. But apart from that, he is far from Diogenes and his original or weird lifestyle

Socrates also seem to have had a more nuanced opinion than his contemporaries on slavery, even though, as a Greek of the middle class, even of a modest one, it would have been difficult for him to imagine a world without slavery, thankfully, it seems he doesn't appear he had slaves. But Plato had several slaves, unfortunately.

Out of curiosity, There is a Roman philosopher named Epictetus, who has also a lot in common with Socrates, or even Diogenes. He was himself a former slave of Greek origin who was freed during Nero's reign and who later became a renowned Stoic philosopher.