As someone noted in regard to Plato‘s criticism of democracy:
>The sweet shop owner can make the argument against the doctor that “he gives you bitter syrups and pokes holes on you, cuts your skin and take your blood,” but he can offer you many sweets and candies. Surely no one with their right mind would vote for the doctor would they?<
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Who can spread the virus?
Who can make you sick?
Who kill your loved ones
And do it all so quick?
The orange man can!
‘Cause he’s so mixed up
And he’s also really dumb.
The orange man can...
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I love your new sonnet.
ReplyDeleteEven late enlightenment philosophers like Mill who endorsed democracy and the marketplace of ideas insisted that it depended on an "enlightened" polity. And if we don't have that?