FORGET ORWELL AND RAND, WE’VE GONE TO FULL ON PLATO
Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 11 months ago to The Gulch: General
Interesting take on what is going on in the US right now.
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- 2Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 10 years, 11 months ago"And as comfortable cattle do, we paid no attention but strode forward with the herd." True for many... I prefer to wander off the ranch before they brand my rump.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 2Posted by j_IR1776wg 10 years, 11 months agoThanks for posting this Rich. The argument never seems to change; Plato and Marx and Obama believe that reality is what they think it is and their job is to impose it on the rest of us, while Aristotle and Locke and Rand believe that existence exists and their job is to explain it to the rest of us. For the last 100+ years Team Plato has been winning.| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 1Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 11 months agoYes they have. They figured out a long time ago that if they controlled the educational system they could control the masses. Not sure how we change that.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 3Posted by j_IR1776wg 10 years, 11 months agoMe neither. It may be that the roots of the tree of education needs to be watered with the blood of Aristotelians and Platonists from time to time| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
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- 2Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 11 months agoI don't usually like Alex, but thanks for posting this article. There's much truth in it. IMHO| Mark as read | Best of... | Permalink
- 2Posted by Kerryo 10 years, 11 months agoAgreed, this is a pretty good article. I do like the last line about how a shadow of truth offers a shadow of freedom.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
- 1Posted by richrobinson 10 years, 11 months agoSome of his stuff is out there but this did make sense.| Mark as read | Parent | Best of... | Permalink
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