Comment by qrteq on 14/02/2025 at 13:59 UTC

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View submission: Plato’s warning: Extreme inequality isn’t just unfair but inevitably leads to civil war, “the greatest of all plagues.”

Plato also said a lot of things about slavery that the journal probably wouldn't be so eager to publish...

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Comment by Morvack at 14/02/2025 at 16:53 UTC

24 upvotes, 4 direct replies

Well yeah. People kinda pick and choose what they remember someone for.

Other examples include sir Isaac Newton believing in alchemy. A now discredited field.

Comment by dat_grue at 14/02/2025 at 20:36 UTC

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The world is completely different now, saying extreme inequality leads to civil war is the sort of claim that is fairly time period dependent