Unexpectedly Spicy Arguments!

One unexpected downside of democracy that I did not see coming was that it is unstable due to conflict and people who value person greed over the good of the polis. In modern media I typically conseive demcoracy with a positive connotation, and ever never thought to think any further than that. In The Republic, Plato argues that democracy is unstable and gives unfit people the right to rule. This made me realize the unexpected positives of a tyrannical government, which is that there is one ruler with one opinion, and therefore there is stability. However, this made me wonder how to determine if someone is fit to ruler or not, and how the laws might be abused if only certain people were given the right to rule. An unexpected negative of Oligarchy was that the importance of money could cause economic corruption and a biased government. I was not aware before this debate that America is considered an oligarchy, but now that I know this I can understand why oligarchys have a negative connotation. This caused me to consider the faults of our own American government more indepth, and I was able to come up with multiple examples of economic corruption in our government - times where politicians were tempted to stray from prioritiing the good of the people and instead "following the money". However, an unexpected positive to oligarchy is that people are more highly motivated to practice and perfect their techne to the highest degree, due to the promise of financial compensation.