Political Philosophy
There has been rarely a time more necessary for the general public to call to mind Plato's Allegory of the Cave. While the recent tragedy in New York and Washington may seem an odd reason to turn to this allegory, they are precisely the reason that we must. Over the course of the next couple of weeks, the American public will be bombarded with "shadows of artificial things" presented as truth. This bombardment began moments after the initial attack. In order to avoid catastrophe the American public must do the impossible within the next few weeks and months- learn to think. The American mass media has an agenda that has become obvious to those willing to search for it. The coverage of the attack on the Trade Towers and the Pentagon has been sophisticatedly manipulated from minute one. Within hours, before any evidence could possibly have been recovered, pictures of Osama bin Laden were thrust onto he screen adjacent the wreck
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Approximate Word count = 649
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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