Plato, Doomers, and the Handing On of Civilization
A collaborator engaged in election integrity work in Tarrant County recently shared this widely circulated line: “The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” It is often attributed to Plato. The precise wording is modern, but the substance is his. In the Republic (Book I, 347c), Socrates observes…
