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Politics : Sioux Nation
DJT 14.18+2.6%Nov 5 3:59 PM EST

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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (360451)10/4/2025 10:16:45 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) of 360923
 
Don't be so hard on these guys-lol

These were the first one's out of the gate.

And no one helped civilization more!

Ethics and democracy, justice and morality was what the Republic was about.

Hell, we had slavery until 1865, and segregation until 1964.

This was 2500 years ago-lol!

They had the basic ingredient for civilization down, which was subordinating myth to reason!!

Message #360451 from S. maltophilia at 10/4/2025 9:42:30 PM

how highly I regarded their thinking

There's a lot in The Republic we'd find repulsive, but the Greeks, especially Plato/Socrates did advance human thought, at least for the fortunate few who could afford to pay someone to copy out the scrolls.
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