Would you live in a Plato's republic and why?

>>136248324
>exposing /pol/'s lack of knowledge is a surefire way to slide your own thread

>>136248324
We already sorta live there. The elites fancy themselves philosopher kings and the entire media apparatus is designed to shape the minds of the populace. The question is whether this is a twisted version of Plato's thinking or a true manifestation of it.

>>136248324
Plato's republic isn't a tangible place. He just wanted to create an open-ended discourse within society in which anyone could make an argument for a political decision and, if no one else could disprove it, that would be the decision that was went with

>>136250178
Couldn't be more wrong. Plato was hated by the occultists who dominated society then and now

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>>136248324
Big if true