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Plato’s Republic is occasionally–ok, constantly–mentioned as a book promoting communism.  Don’t believe the hype. For a start, the account of the declining democracy in Book 8 of the Republic is a goldmine if you’re interested in criticism of leftist redistributionist politics; see here for more on that.  (By the way, one of the laws Socrates recommends in Book 8 would have prevented the subprime loans […]

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