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To: muawiyah
You are correct in that there are some in government that would adopt some of Plato's totalitarian views. All totalitarian or statist philosophies share a common belief that the needs of the state trump individual freedoms. Where I see a difference is that Plato believed that only the best (aristocracy) should govern, and he feared democracy. He was afraid that the voters would elect the wrong people. In the case of Nancy, he was right. The voters made a terrible choice.
39 posted on 01/18/2010 7:42:27 PM PST by Nosterrex
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To: Nosterrex
Alas, if Plato were one of the voters he'd been attracted by the Nancy woman.

Fur Shur totalitarian minded pukes lurk together.

40 posted on 01/18/2010 7:45:30 PM PST by muawiyah ("Git Out The Way")
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