[P2P-F] Plato's Ideal City vs. Open Source / P2P Urbanism

[George Dafermos]

Not really. it's very difficult to see how a city that excludes poets and artists could be considered 'open-source'. in addition, direct-democratic procedures (the p2p part) don't scale very well in plato's city: according to plato, an increase of citizens beyond a certain size (basically the number of people that can assemble in a single spot) necessitates differentiation and stratification. that is to say, it creates the need for a social stratum of specialists entrusted with public administration. in my opinion, rule by the few (no matter how enlightened they are) is certainly not a p2p outcome..

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Subject: [P2P-F] Plato's Ideal City vs. Open Source / P2P Urbanism

Hi All,

Has Plato's Ideal City anything to do with Open Source / P2P Urbanism?

How about most notable differences?

Best,

Geo

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