Having got rid of foreign enemies, [the tyrant) makes himself necessary to the
State by always going to war. He is thus enabled to depress the poor by heavy
taxes, and so keep them at work; and he can get rid of bolder spirits by handing
them over to the enemy.
According to Plato, how are tyrants able to maintain power?
Select all that apply.
They use taxation to oppress the population, they provide jobs so the population is happy, they distribute land to the poor to gain their support, they use war to rid themselves of political opponents, they build public works to distract people from problems
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According to Plato in the excerpt from the Republic, tyrants are able to maintain power through the following methods:
The other options listed do not align with the ideas presented in the excerpt. Specifically, providing jobs or distributing land to the poor to gain their support, as well as building public works to distract people from problems, are not mentioned in the passage provided.
