Plato said similar in the Republic -- and these theories have merit. It seems the argument reduces to "the public must be trustworthy to rule itself." But then who gets to decide what "trustworthy" is? There's something very rich to explore here.

Beautifully said.

Saying no to fascism. That's probably going to get me a whole world of coal.

That's a very short list.

If I had to suffer, you have to suffer worse. It's a great way to build a space-faring galactic civilization. Why haven't you figured that out yet, you lib... /sarc/

Nick is exactly why we need to stop training LGBTQIA+ folks to hate themselves. Get rid of all the internalized hate and shame and poof, half the alt-right will be gone overnight.