Plato defined five political forms: Aristocracy, Timocracy, Oligarchy, Democracy, and Tyranny. He did not recommend democracy, which is the rule of the cognitively challenged masses. Israel's Supreme Court approved the Nationality Law, directed to restrict the immigration of non-Jews. The reason: it is compatible with democracy. Is that a valid reason? Why we need democracy? Is it feasible in a multinational multiracial polity? Our ancestors adopted theocracy, the rule of the cohanim, a hereditary priestly caste, Israel and Judea were for a long time elective Kingdoms, then for a few generations hereditary kingdoms. Those were typical Middle Eastern forms, like the theocracy in Iran and the Hashemite Kingdom in Jordan. Why should we adopt foreign, pagan, Greek forms?
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