@91. venividivici:

I am educated in the Classics. You know, those dead, white European males that were so much smarter than people like you that you had to start denigrating them when you realized that you couldn’t live up to their standards.

In other words, you spent your time at the University reading the stuff I read while I was in middle school.

One sentence of Aristotle is more profound than every post of yours on this or any other website combined.

Nice of you not to share that sentence. So obtuse.

If I actually believed that anyone on the Left measured up to Plato’s (Plato was the first Leftist, really) ideal of the “philosopher-king”, I would follow that person’s vision of the “just society” to the letter.

You have explained, in one sentence, exactly what is wrong with you.

Alas, all I see among the would-be philosopher-kings are fools, charlatans and incompetents (sometimes all of these things combined in one).

Have you decided which category you belong to yet? Or are you shooting for a trifecta?

Plus, no one seems to understand that “Utopia” is a play on words and isn’t meant to be an actual political program. A lot gets lost in translation, but that one’s so simple that it says a lot about the people, like yourself, who haven’t even figured that out.

Funny that – you are the only one here talking about Utopia.

So, it’s not that I “lost” my education, it’s that you’ve never had one.

It’s a good thing you didn’t claim to have a degree in science. Your logic is lacking.

You really don’t seem to believe me when I tell you that at one point, I thought just like you, only I grew out of it once I truly reflected on what drove those thoughts, i.e. what Nietzsche called ressentiment. Read Nietzsche’s “Untimely Meditation” on David Strauss for a good portrait of yourself and your many shortcomings.

I’m certain that you believe that at one point you thought just like me. I don’t doubt that you have read Nietzsche. I just wonder why you elect to make a show of it. It’s not like the rest of us are not familiar. Your college education sounds a lot like my summer reading list from my freshman year in high school. But you can keep on assuming my shortcomings – I don’t mind. Whatever makes you feel better. I wouldn’t want to bruise your self-esteem. I’m sure that your education has served you well in whatever field you have made your own.

Peace.

DS