Victor Davis Hanson uses the trial of Socrates as a teaching moment. It is an example of the problems with Athens’s style of “pure democracy.” The “jury” wasn’t necessarily a cross section of peers, but rather a semi- self selected group of Athenians with time and interest enough to show up and be entertained. Given a different day, the result could Ave been different.
I assume VDH is generally close to the truth.
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