Plato and Aristotle used democracy in a bad way.
from political cycle theory
Plato and Aristotle used democracy in a bad way.
Theory of political cycles - Wikipedia
Off topic, but this part was interesting.
Plato and Aristotle. used the term "democratic system" (demokratia) to mean the same thing as "popular democracy," but Polyubios used "democracy" (demokratia) in the positive sense, and to describe "popular democracy" used the term " oclokratia", which is also consistent with modern usage.
Aristotle. called the normal state "republicanism" (Politeia)
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