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"The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must." — Thucydides
by jonstewart 4mo ago
"The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must." — Thucydides
- tsunamifury 4mo agoIt’s a stupid statement by a stupid philosopher. Years later we learned collective development and incentive produced a society he could have never imagined. It’s simply being looted now by the idiots this moron worshiped.
- AlterEgo7 4mo agoYou sound very sure of your opinion... While missing the basic fact that he was a historian, not a philosopher.
- tsunamifury 4mo agoThe commentary was that of a general/philosopher/historian fused together... and really just a statement of "the weak are meat". Yes power has an advantage but its not the end all be all configuration. Maybe he meant this somewhat disparagingly, but ultimately not enough. For a greek.
- jonstewart 4mo agoIt’s from the Melian Dialogue (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Melos) and it’s perhaps the most succinct embodiment of the realist school of international relations/politics. I quote it here because the best way to get a day off is not to continue being weak, but to find strength, just as miners and railroad workers found strength in the 1870s.