Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
13 replies, 1547 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (48)
ReplyReply to this post
13 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Plato is Bernin' (Original Post)
Octafish
Mar 2016
OP
And the other side would be something like, "we will leave you a planet to clean up. Fracking
rhett o rick
Mar 2016
#6
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)1. omg stealing!!!!!!
thank you
Octafish
(55,745 posts)10. Please share good ideas.
They're free and speed the day.
PS: You are most welcome, wendylaroux!
Hydra
(14,459 posts)2. Excellent quote
Trees over lawn chairs!
Octafish
(55,745 posts)11. It's like a Fable, hearing about the concept.
Seems so alien, for those living in a world paved by greed and shaped by war.
Broward
(1,976 posts)3. Great quote, nt.
Martin Eden
(12,885 posts)4. We don't inherit the earth from our parents ...
... we borrow it from our children.
whatchamacallit
(15,558 posts)5. Love this
Thanks!
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)6. And the other side would be something like, "we will leave you a planet to clean up. Fracking
for profits uber alles."
valerief
(53,235 posts)7. Seems like our society's proverb is more like:
[font color="green" size="5" face="serif"]A society grows great when old men blow up mountain tops and unleash untold volumes of toxics from which they will never suffer.[/font]
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)8. Bernie marched with Plato?
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)12. I knew we could count on Camp Weathervane to come shit up the thread.
Thanks for living down to my expectations.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)9. Not Plato, but I like it.
senz
(11,945 posts)13. Plato was dear.
I don't think he was a big fan of democracy, though. But he was cool in his own way.