sentences:  This 'natural aristocracy' (a term never used by Santayana; taken instead from Thomas Jefferson) is built upon Santayana's dislike of equality—he argues, with Plato, that "the equality of unequals is inequality"—though he still champions equality of opportunity.Moreover, Santayana distrusts democracy, and sees it as "a vulgar, anonymous tyranny," much like Plato.His society would be, roughly, a meritocracy in which the most competent and capable would govern, with all men and women possessing an open road to government