Caffeine Stream 41: Defending Plato's Republic

Today we dive into perhaps the most important and also misunderstood thinker in all of philosophy: Plato.

Was Plato an idealist who believed we are trapped in a cave of unreality? Was he a totalitarian, advocating the "noble lie" and censorship? Or is there more going on in this (in)famous text that is somehow both the foundation of Western philosophy and also -- seemingly -- the aggregation of everything most hated by Western man?

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Intro clip courtesy of the digitally-banished Stefan Molyneux.

(Mirror of his full 4 minute rant (NSFW) can be heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJRYhx42rss)