Is Plato's political philosophy anti-democratic

In Erich Kofmel (ed.), Anti-Democratic Thought. Imprint Academic (2008)
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On why Plato's arguments against democracy are against Athenian conceptions, not modern forms of democracy where a civil service and bureaucracy play critically important roles as experts supporting elected decision-makers.

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