Does Obama agree with Plato?

[SuperDemocrat]

do you think Obama agrees with Plato in that the distribution of private property (or the means to produce it) should be out of the hands of the individual and belong to the community in which they live in order to create a more unified society? I'm just curious.

 

[Two Thumbs]

if you are saying obama is a communist, the practice, not the definition, yes.

if you mean by definition, no, he's as power hungry as the next pol

 

[Katzndogz]

If you actually read the Republic you would know that after Plato's students discussed all aspects of Utopia they realized that the result would actually be a stringent tyranny. Read it yourself.

 

[oldernwiser]

do you think Obama agrees with Plato in that the distribution of private property (or the means to produce it) should be out of the hands of the individual and belong to the community in which they live in order to create a more unified society? I'm just curious.

Do you?

 

[Katzndogz]

do you think Obama agrees with Plato in that the distribution of private property (or the means to produce it) should be out of the hands of the individual and belong to the community in which they live in order to create a more unified society? I'm just curious.

Do you?

Of course he does. He just has no idea what that means and he's never read the Republic. Not any other Utopian philosophy. They all came to the same conclusion, Utopia ends in an unworkable tyranny.

 

[SuperDemocrat]

do you think Obama agrees with Plato in that the distribution of private property (or the means to produce it) should be out of the hands of the individual and belong to the community in which they live in order to create a more unified society? I'm just curious.

Do you?

Do I think Obama agrees with this? Yes. Absolutely.

 

[Katzndogz]

obumble hasn't read it either.

 

[oldernwiser]

do you think Obama agrees with Plato in that the distribution of private property (or the means to produce it) should be out of the hands of the individual and belong to the community in which they live in order to create a more unified society? I'm just curious.

Do you?

Do I think Obama agrees with this? Yes. Absolutely.

Well - then what anyone else responds is irrelevant, isn't it? Or are you simply uncomfortable with your opinion and seeking reassurance?