PLATOs REPUBLIC and UTOPIA Sparta stood for oligarchy (rule by the rich, rule by very few); so did Platos family and friends. Their treachery is held to have contributed in Athens defeat. After the defeat, Plato set to work to sing the praises of the victors by CONSTRUCTING A UTOPIA of which the main features were suggested by the constitution of Sparta. Such was his artistic skills that liberals never noticed his REACTIONARY TENDENCIES untill his disciples Lenin and Hitler had supplied them with a practical exegesis. Admiring Platos Republic is the most astonishing example of literary snobbery in all history. Republic (of which Utopia is part) preached => purpose of education to produce courage in battle only => all other sciences of Drama, Literature, Arts, Music, Homer etc either be rigidly censored or banned. =>The rule will be in the hands of small oligarchy (which is hereditary) for eternity. =>There shall be large-scale infanticide (as babies capable to be soldiers shall be retained). => Kids shall be taken away by the state from parents at tender age and they wont be disclosed who their parents were (producing nation of incest as none would know their potential wife is their sister or daughter) Plato by concealing his thoughts in metaphysical mist gave an impersonal and disinterested appearance which deceived the world for ages. Bertrand Russell, Philosophy and Politics
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