Plato promoted the belief that the family should be completely deconstructed and its component parts used as tools of an omnipotent, leviathan state. This means that children will be taken from parents practically from birth, preventing the parent/child bonding. …So the Commies got the idea from Plato. Wow; how unoriginal of them. Problem is, the family is the basic unit of society, and thus societies like this one proposed by Plato cannot exist without falling into chaos.
Plato’s Utopia was satire. He was too smart to really believe that crap. Over time, the Sophists (akin to modern day liberals) removed the “sarcasm tag” and presented it as his real view.
Dats Wacist!
Whether Plato really believed his system would work or was just using it as a theoretical ideal is up to interpretation.
I used to be a Democrat, so I have some experience with how they think. Eventually, many of them realize that what they want is impossible with the present realities. Some of them become very bitter and decide that if they can’t have a utopian world or nation, then they will make sure their family members and friends are well taken-care of. This is most of the present Democrat party leaders. Some decide that their ideas must be forced on others. Those people always come to the same conclusion......there are too many people. They know all the ways to reduce the human population. They are quite insane. These two groups struggle for control of the Democrat party. The “take care of my own” Democrats are presently in power. They do enough to appease their insane eugenics rivals. Each side thinks they are using the other side, and I guess they are.