Why tyrants prefer foreigners

Nation First goes on a journey from ancient Greece to the Modern West.

Dear friend,

Another mark of a tyrant is that he likes foreigners better than citizens, and lives with them and invites them to his table.

— Aristotle, Politics - Book V

Imagine, if you will, a society where the government is at war with its own people, where freedom of speech is suppressed, gatherings are restricted, and where wealth is deliberately drai…