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defacto7

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4. I boil everything down to education..

Reply to Ponietz (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 18, 2019, 03:55 PM

Apr 2019

I think education is certainly the "true gold reserve of democracy". But it is also a gold mine for those who can twist it's implementation through mis-information.
What Plato probably couldn't envision was the planetary speed at which information in the name of any ideology could be disseminated to the masses. But he didn’t underestimate the lack of human ability to reason quick enough to decern reality from shadows.

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One step closer to a dictatorship? Was Plato right? [View all] defacto7 Apr 2019 OP

It would be nice if he was wrong, but the evidence shows otherwise... TreasonousBastard Apr 2019 #1

Tis true and a bit frightning. defacto7 Apr 2019 #5

I don't believe Plato imagined the power potential of a modern educational system n/t Ponietz Apr 2019 #2

I boil everything down to education.. defacto7 Apr 2019 #4

I took a different slant WhiteTara Apr 2019 #3

Please elaborate. It's an interesting comparison defacto7 Apr 2019 #6

Thanks for asking WhiteTara Apr 2019 #7

We need a democratic intellectual meritocracy Esperanto.Mark Dec 2019 #8

That's a fascinating theory. defacto7 Dec 2019 #9

I'm new around here.. Esperanto.Mark Dec 2019 #10

I'm trying to do that Huin Jan 2020 #15

Well, the framers agreed with Plato, I think... softydog88 Jan 2020 #11

I need to add my five pennie's worth Huin Jan 2020 #14

Agreed. We've gone too long teaching the infallibility defacto7 Jan 2020 #12

We (collectively) must change Huin Jan 2020 #13