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Par McGovern le 6 January 2015 à 23:25The trial of Socrates (399 BC) occurred in the Heliaea, a popular tribunal, located at the bottom of Athens’s Agora. The heliastes (judges) mistook Socrates for a sophist (in a time when the sophists were commonly blamed for the defeat in the Peloponneses War and for the weakness of young citizens); the philosopher refused to defend his cause and accepted the sentence to death. Far from illustrating the judicial power, this event has remained an example of misguided democracy.
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Par McGovern le 6 January 2015 à 23:19
The "Umbrella Revolution" in HongKong (September 2014)
The “umbrella revolution” took place in Hong-Kong streets in September 2014. It illustrates theattempt at citizen empowerment in a country where the individual is crushed by mass and aninvisible all-powerful party. Hence the umbrella, as a means of defence against photographers andcamera crews. your comment
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Par McGovern le 6 January 2015 à 23:08
Approaching NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
The New York Stock Exchange in Wall Street is in no way a political form of power; indeed one of the smallest streets in NYC is home to the vital centre of financial decisions; traders, shareholders of multinationals work side by side with the government experts and contribute to the « fixing » of the world’s stocks and currencies.
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Par McGovern le 6 January 2015 à 23:02
Both a dwelling and a world-famous sightseeing place, Buckingham Palace has remained, long after the British Empire disappeared, the symbol of monarchy. « The Queen doesn’t rule but reigns », meaning her power is all influential in character.
Buckingham Palace Guards (Photo : royalcollection.org.uk)
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