As Obama is taking percent after percent, as the news reporters are running out of saliva, as people around the world start drinking, using the American elections as a pretext, I can’t forget what those old Greeks (or, actually, ONE old and wise Greek) were saying about the rule of the majority. The idea was something like this: it is not a good idea to let the majority of people decide. Rather, the advice of a person (or a grup) educated in that particular domain is more valuable and certainly more trustworthy when making decisions (idea mentioned in Laches, Crito and in a few other dialogues).
Aaaand, just now the news reporters started to scream and trillions of people are marching inside my tv which makes me very scared. I think it means that Obama won. For a second, though, I imagined how it would have been if that old (rather ancient!) Greek guy would have been elected today instead. I think, however, that a mass of people could never elect him. They would, instead, vote for his death. Today, just as back then.
