/lit/ - Literature

>being friendly or aggressive depending on the situation is a necessary quality of a soldier
>"certainly"
>dogs are friendly or aggressive depending on whether they recognise someone
>"indeed"
>therefore dogs must be curious creatures
>that", he replied, "is true"
>therefore good soldiers must also be inquisitive philomaths if they are to be friendly and aggressive at depending on the situation
>"I see no other way"

WHAT the fuck am I reading?
Everytime Socrates opens his mouth I hear see the most mind boggling analogies and ridiculous misapplications of logic

I get the general point though, that if children are so be raised with desirable morals, then they need to be shown good role models, but the way these conclusions are being reached are absurd
The first book was even worse...

>Do not teach wrong-think in schools
>Women have equal rights and don't need to raise kids
>You will own nothing and be happy
>You will break your back to serve the dominant class
>Only genetically endowed men (chads) get to breed
When did you realize you're living in Plato's Republic?

Saw this promoted on a lot of trad charts so I gave it a read

Wasn’t too impressed with the simping and the crypto communism

I heard it is satire like the The Prince. That makes more sense

That part where he talks about the women ruling class fighting and training naked made me horny. How do I rid myself of this feeling of sexual frustration?

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>With the advent of the new paradigm, enabled by big data and etc, the average persons mind is shaped just enough that they have no real desire to rebel, when the system wants to implement a change, subtle manipulation can make it just popular enough that it passes, while maintaining some illusion that it was the will of the people
What, again?

What am I in for?