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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Pressure. Scrutiny. Voice
I read that the Government is preparing to mobilise veterans if this country goes to war. You can’t imagine my anger—and it’s justified. Because what the government is planning isn’t some noble “call to duty”; it’s a system that assumes veterans are disposable assets who can be yanked back into danger whenever the state feelsContinue reading “Pressure. Scrutiny. Voice”
The Longest Journey
After putting her three tiny children into a six-year-old Hillman Minx saloon, a Berkshire housewife who had never travelled overseas set out on a 4,000-mile journey to Baghdad on June 30, 1954. She encountered a colourful cast of individuals in the weeks that followed, including a former U-boat captain and a group of adolescent stripteaseContinue reading “The Longest Journey”
THE MONTHLY MOSQUITO 