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Why was Socrates sentence to death?

He spoke against the authority, and gave the plebs tools to understand how they were being manipulated. #Trivium

Censorship destroys a civilization.

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He also demanded a taxpayer-funded government salary for life; IF the jury didn't sentence him to death.

"Between Censorship and Socialism" must have been the juridicial equivalent of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Scylla_and_Charybdis

So what is socialism has to do with that? 🤔

If I can't use hyperbole in a discussion about the very people who coined the word, when can I use it? :)

Ah yeah. Fair enough.

I confused because before Socrates, Solon and Kleisthenis had indeed made changes that can be seen as socialistic.

Shit. Is that what happened? Not spent time learning about that before

Yes, but its complicated, he didn't leave the jury much choice.

Basically he made clear to the jury that they have to abandon their illusions in order to make a just decision.

Yeah it is complicated