As I read through Sacrotes ideal city, I realized he is placing a lot of trust on the guardians to run this city. He believes if the elders were elected, their virtue would not translate into the virtue of the city which is what Sacrotes desires. This reminded me of the idea behind communism. I remember discussing communism in one of my high school history classes. Communism sounded like a wonderful plan, or at least what we read and discussed. But if it was so good, where did it go wrong? Humans. Humans tend to get power hungry, so how could Sacrotes ensure the guardians wisdom to remain unbiased and the citizens' safety and needs would remain in the guardian interest? Sacrotes idea of the perfect city sounds nice, but can it be trusted in human hands?
P.S. I commented on Matt's.
I agree with you completely. We can spend as much time as we want contemplating how to make a "perfect" human, but that will not happen based solely on the fact that we are humans. We are imperfect.
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