Plato's Republic

Throughout this story I found multiple things ironic, the most ironic thing was the talk of the government. Transformation from Oligarchy to Democracy was all about money and how rich people could actually get, democracy allowed men to become as wealthy as possible back then. Today the democracy has a wide spread from wealth to poverty democracy today is not head start or the right path to wealth, but a path to fairness and equality. I agreed a lot with Jessica Brey where she said "During Plato's time politicians were discussing important matters that we are still trying to fix in our on government." I picked up on these similarities right away with the thought and confusion of if "democracy" was such a change and upgrade how are the problems from Plato's time still a problem without any solution today? Only a small minority of people during Plato's time and today can be considered "wealthy" this binding issue concerning money in all social classes has yet to be solved. I actually appreciated and agreed with the statement of the people creating government reflect their character in the different forms of government. Today republicans vs. democratic is all about the character of a person (beliefs, morals, and individual advancement); these factors make up the two sides of this government system. All the rules, regulations, and especially beliefs of each government system are created by someone, they reflect someone’s morals and how they believe a state should be run (government isn’t run by itself; there are working people behind the scene pulling all the strings.