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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: TigerPaw who wrote (6680)12/12/2005 2:30:52 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 542122
 
The 'noble lie'

That a group supports the notion of a noble lie doesn't inform us one bit about whether some particular thing it does or claims to be is a lie. It only leaves open the possibility.

>>A ruling elite of political philosophers must make those decisions because it is the only group smart enough.<<

All the more reason to have a powerful central government.

This clip does not help your argument.
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