that this always been so may be seen from the criticisms of democracy made by plato.plato describes the ends of democracy as liberty , equality , and variety and he criticizes democracy precisely because these are its leading features. liberty , in the sense of doing what you like , is attractive , plato says. but it cannot last; ant it is furthermore less desirable than doing the right thing , even though most people, not being wise enough to know and to choose for themselves what is right , have to be directed by others . equality, in his opinion , is wrong because it gose against nature ; men are unequal in their capacities and should be given different function in accordance with their different capacities (variety he considers objectionable because it runs counter to an integrated society)