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Otherwise good essay, but Plato describes a better kind of city because, at the time, it was actually possible to found new cities, or to convince the tyrant of one to follow your ideas. He invents the genre of the utopia because he believed he could make something resembling it in the real world (the utopia resurfaces as a genre, in Italy, in the early 16th century, for a reason...). Read 'Laws', not Nietzsche's ordeal of civility with the philosophical tradition, if you want to know what Plato thought.

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Great job, well constructed argument. I've realized within the last few months I no longer have a fear of 'going up and talking to her' or confrontation with a bro about how much of a faggot he's being. I attribute this to raw milk and prayer. Health and humility generate bravery, it becomes easier to perthinact. It becomes what have I to lose: nothing. what have I to gain: everything. All that I have God has given. What's your bench press at these days and do you take creatine

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Thank you. 180lbsx4 is my best, weighing about 165 pounds, 170 on a good day. No creatine yet, but I sure am thinking about it. Mayb we bulk this winter. We have nothing to lose and we have the entire world to gain

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This is a very powerful essay that resonated strongly with me, I believe if we met in real life we would maybe be surprised on how similar our dispositions maybe and be good friends haha/.

I recently found a lot of Sam Hyde clips on YouTube, and he (as another once sensitive young man) now older and mature, also knows the trials and tribulation of what your describing , and what must be done.

I found this video to be powerful and related to what you are trying to encapsulate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBxMs8JiJ2Y

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