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It's also a rather disingenuous to treat this like some sort of novel idea or some authoritarian ploy. Plato has been arguing that if you don't select your sur
by xster 7y ago
It's also a rather disingenuous to treat this like some sort of novel idea or some authoritarian ploy.
Plato has been arguing that if you don't select your surgeon or carpenter based on that person's popularity in making public promises, why do you do so for statecraft?
- seppin 7y ago> Plato has been arguing that if you don't select your surgeon or carpenter based on that person's popularity in making public promises, why do you do so for statecraft? Politicians are elected by their promises, reelected by their performance. Also, there is no objective "skill" a politician can hold to be "good" like a surgeon or carpenter, your analogy breaks down completely.