Inspired from youth by Albert Camus' sense of the Absurd, I try to be a voice for REASON in the growing darkness and moral insanity of global capitalism .
Friday, July 11, 2025
Plato’s HIDDEN Truth About Democracy (The Mass Delusion Theory) [ Are ZIONIST Jew programmed robots censoring American public opinion ? ]
What's with this scratching over of my words ? How does " genius titan of Western philosophy " offend " community guidelines " ? Have the ZIONIST Jew censors of American public opinion PROGRAMMED AI censorship ?
Anybody who would find in the ancient Greek philosopher Plato inspiration for UNDEMOCRATIC views today is- unlike the the genius titan of Western philosophy- Plato a reactionary political scoundrel . Born snobs have always deplored THE MOB !
AN INTERESTING REVIEW OF I.F. STONE'S BOOK " THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES "
[ "Stone believes that Socrates despised the
Athenian democracy. In opposition to the
Greek ideal of equal citizens ruling and being
ruled in turn, Socrates believed that "virtue is
knowledge" and so looked down on the unedu-
cated common man. Because he believed that
government was a craft like other crafts, he
thought that it should be entrusted to those
with the relevant technical qualifications: "He
and his disciples saw the human community as
a herd that had to be ruled by a king or kings,
as sheep by a shepherd" (p. 39). Stone believes
that Socrates helped to turn his associates
against the Athenian democracy. When
Athens was shaken by a series of "political
earthquakes" in the closing years of the fifth
century, the Athenians turned on Socrates as
an enemy of democracy. Even then, Stone
believes, Socrates brought his death upon him-
self. He refused various means of avoiding his
fate, including basing his defense upon the
Athenian ideal of freedom of speech, which
"might easily" (p. 198) have gotten him off. Ac-
cordingly, in chapter 16, Stone gives us his
own "Apology of Socrates"-what Socrates
should have said.
As a work of popular history and entertain-
ment, The Trial of Socrates is unfailingly ener-
getic. It is written in pungent journalistic style
and should inspire wide discussion. A large
readership should also benefit from the repeat-
ed reminder of the gulf that separates Plato's
political thought and the ideals of modern lib-
eral democracy " ]
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