Plato's Perception: A Biased View on Societal Reality

Plato’s view was biased due to the death of his mentor, Socrates. Plato intended to demonstrate the view of the majority during this time or what the people thought ought to be correct or more as of how agreeable they were. Karl Popper argues that Plato wished to have a comeback to tribalism and professes it to be propaganda though, Plato spoke about a desire for good and a neglect for anything else. Plato speaks of good citizens who do no wrong being insulted due to their love for being unknowingly chained and how the party may fall into the wrong hands if rulers act as the average citizens do. Of how they are chained by their own reality that they don't see the bigger picture and only see what they’re limited to in his view of the perfect

Plato though rarely mentions what he wants it’s more of a mere play in which Glaucon representing the population of the Athenians at the time rather than thinking for themselves Glaucon blindly agrees to anything that Plato has to say though he does say that he has two realms for the world that people can enter. The world of ideas or the world of forms is what he called them and only people who were educated enough in his perfect idea of a community or world in which they were the only people who could enter the world of forms since they are aware of it existing unlike those who weren’t taught to think or taught in any way to be able to know anything other than what they could imagine. He also makes references to the allegory of the cave in which the only reality they have ever known will be the only thing that they can make reference to and will deny any thing else besides what they have known in their entire lives and wont believe anything else. Popper attempts to reinforce that Plato wishes to have a patriarchy-hierarchy. He mentions that customs are very much overused and how social life is very rigid due to

Plato though, views it more as an opportunity to signify something deeper than just what’s skin deep. He views it as a chance to display the way the Athenians thought process indicated. His hatred of democracy deriving from the late Socrates’s death he also believed that the poor overruling the rich is what created a democracy therefore the rich lot were given whatever they wished to be theirs. Though, most people like those in the allegory of the cave if given the option only choose to pick what they’re most comfortable with and what they know rather than exploring all the options that the world holds killing the one that speaks blasphemy to them since they only know what they’ve seen from the shadows to be true rather than the real truth. Plato also references an abstract society like nowadays how people don’t necessarily need to meet face to face to and in isolation to other people. Communication by texts or video call rather than just letters to get the job done. Though, this leads to unhappiness since as humans have social needs to satisfy therefore an abstract society wouldn't work but in theory is a very effective and efficient