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April 2

Politics as a happening by Aristotle

Hello
I'm recently lookging for a textual location and I hope that you may help me. Somewhere in his work, Aristotle wrote about either democracy or politics that they are merely a sensation, a happening, for the ordinary people. Do you know where he wrote this in his work?
I looking forward to any help to find the location of this words in the text. 2A02:8071:60A0:92E0:993:675E:44B7:7A38 (talk) 07:57, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm no expert but that doesn't really sound like Aristotle to me. "Man is by nature a political animal." Aristotle: Politics. 196.50.199.218 (talk) 13:06, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First of all, I'm not an expert in Aristotle's philosophy either. But I believe if Aristotle were in modern times, he would not like our democracy because he would consider it an unstable system. He might prefer timocracy ("democracy" as a rich men's club) or even oligarchy. I think Aristotle's eight books of politics could be a good starting point if you would like to dig deeper. Stanleykswong (talk) 19:37, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If it is your dissertation or thesis, I suggest you consider, from the Aristotelian view, who is “qualified” to vote and who is “qualified” to be voted for. Stanleykswong (talk) 19:42, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On a practical side, I recently found out that a text like Aristotle's Politics, coincidentally or not, will be easier to read on a narrow support, similar to the usual wax tablet rather than in taking advantage of the full width of the modern computer screen. --Askedonty (talk) 10:32, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Vanishing Report

I was watching the Trump Rose Garden speech. I saw the "Foreign Trade Barriers" report, and so of course I wanted to download a copy. It was supposed to be at https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/files/Press/Releases/2025/2025%20National%20Trade%20Estimate%20Report.pdf however nothing was there. (I found it on Internet Archive though.) Does any one know why it might have vanished from the US government website?

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:04, 2 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Now also available on Commons.

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:45, 2 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]