Tag Archives: Plato

Klaus’ Great Narrative: Locking the Plebs Into Plato’s Cave for the 21st Century, by Matthew Ehret

Philosophers have long propagated doctrines holding that the wisest must make the decisions and direct society for the common good. From Matthew Ehret at strategic-culture.org:

Unfortunately for the Davos Guardians, the reality of the New Great Narrative is a world devoid of those very principles that humanity requires to survive and thrive within our creative, reasonable universe.

In case you were beginning to feel like your world was becoming a cliché dystopian movie script, don’t feel bad. It appears that at least some of the villains agree with you.

Not happy with unsatisfying stories, scripts and narratives that shape our disorganized zeitgeist, Klaus Schwab and other creepy dungeon masters trying to manage the post-covid world have called for a ‘New Narrative’ to shape our 21st century and beyond. Schwab described the World Economic Forum’s Great Narrative Initiative announced on November 11 as a “collaborative effort of the world’s leading thinkers to fashion longer-term perspectives and co-create a narrative that can help guide the creation of a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable vision for our collective future.”

It is no question that this new project is bone chilling, but can it work? Does it have any basis in reality or is the oligarchical high priesthood stage managing this shit show intoxicated by their own self-induced narratives and completely incapable of seeing the seeds of self-destruction they have created for themselves?

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Full Circle: Lessons of the Lost City in the Sands of Time, by Doug “Uncola” Lynn

Is a strange circular formation in the western Sahara the lost city of Atlantis? Doug “Uncola” Lynn ponders this question and what it means for our understanding of history. From Lynn at theburningplatform.com:

This post will be a little “outside of the box” so to speak. It’s more of an afterthought, really.  Therefore, it may not tie into current events and, specifically, the upcoming midterms and aftermath.  Or, in a roundabout way, it could be exactly about those coming events. Regardless, as always, it is the reader’s choice to tag along while simultaneously, and at your whim, possessing the power of the click.

Of course, that’s just one of the bonuses of being an internet animal.

Another includes the occasional morsels discovered when hunting and gathering online. These may often be feel-good stories that reassure one’s belief in humanity. Other examples might include new scientific breakthroughs that, at the time, are only reported on the shadowy fringes of the interwebic blogosphere.  Or maybe the tidbit is about a social, or health, tip that enriches one’s life. And, oftentimes, other postings are historical; even connecting antiquity with modernity in ways that resurrect the imaginations of childhood.

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He Said That? 8/27/18

From Plato (428/427 or 424/423–348/347 BC), Greek philosopher, founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world:

Only the dead have seen the end of war.

He Said That? 5/13/18

From Plato ( 428/427 or 424/423–348/347 BC), philosopher in Classical Greece and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world:

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

He Said That? 11/7/17

From Plato (428/427 or 424/423– 348/347 BC), philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world:

Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.