Plato warns that when unwise or foolish individuals gain power, society suffers because leadership requires knowledge, virtue, and expertise, not mere ambition or popularity. Plato’s warning is exactly what I’m pointing to—and he delivers it with teeth. The core idea is that when unwise, untrained, or self‑interested people gain power, the entire community pays theContinue reading “When The Foolish Rise, The Whole City Falls”
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A Time Capsule Believed To Contain A Picture Of Abraham Lincoln
The graffiti-covered granite plinth that once held a controversial statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee will be removed by the State of Virginia, three months after the bronze monument to Robert E Lee was removed. Governor Ralph Northam said in a statement that preliminary work at the site in Richmond will start and theContinue reading “A Time Capsule Believed To Contain A Picture Of Abraham Lincoln”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 