PLATO'S LEGACY

[Raya @ REAL CONSERVATIVES]

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Communism as a theory of government and social reform may be said, in a limited sense, to have begun with the ancient Greek idea of the Golden Age, a concept of a world of communal bliss and harmony without the institution of private property. Plato, in his Republic, outlined a society with communal holding of property; his concept of a hierarchical social system including slavery has by some been called "aristocratic communism."

CATEGORIES OF COVERAGE

according to Status of the Citizen

BRONZE

SILVER

GOLD

PLATINUM

 

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...EMBEDDED INTO AFFORDABLE CARE ACT:

 

CLASSES OF CITIZENS

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The aristocratic state that Plato idealizes is composed of three caste-like parts: the ruling class, made up of the aforementioned philosophers-kings (who are otherwise identified as having souls of gold); the auxiliaries of the ruling caste, made up of soldiers (whose souls are made up of silver), and whose job in the state is to force on the majority the order established by the philosophers; and the majority of the people (souls of either bronze or iron), who in contrast to the first two classes are allowed to own property and produce goods for themselves, but are also obliged to sustain with their own activities their rulers' - who are forbidden from owning property.

 

In contrast to historical aristocracies, Plato's resembles a meritocracy or proto-technocracy of sorts. In it, a big government state keeps track of the innate character and natural skills of the citizens' children, and then directs them to the education that best suits those traits. In this manner, a child with a gold soul born to parents with silver, bronze or iron souls will be educated to levels above his kin according to his golden qualities, and, conversely, from parents with gold and silver souls, a child born with a bronze or an iron soul is educated to only the level earned by his natural aptitudes.

 

REMEMBER " CASH FOR CLUNKERS? "

OBAMACARE GIVES US

(COMPUTER)

CRASH

FOR CLUNKERS

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TIME TO RE-BOOT THIS LEMON

ITS NOT

BRONZE,

NOT

SILVER,

NOT

GOLD,

OR PLATINUM...

ITS

JUST

"RUST"...

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"SHOVEL READY"

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[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

LOL the Obamacare debacle . . . . old rust and ready.

I glossed over the part of Obamacare when I went to examine the website, about the differing levels of coverage ie: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum. 

Even at the same time of "LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD" for (us), you and I, the liberal progressive democrats continue to rate THEIR status in terms of precious metals. THEY, of course, wouldn't have anything but PLATINUM.