Plato Warned Us About This 2,000 Years Ago - Lies Over Truth

Why Democracy Killed Socrates: Plato's Warning About Truth vs. Belonging Why do crowds murder truth-tellers? Why does the whistleblower lose their career while the lie becomes policy? This video explores one of philosophy's most urgent questions through the lens of Socrates' execution in 399 BCE. Twenty-four centuries ago, Athens—the birthplace of democracy—voted to execute its wisest citizen. Not because Socrates was wrong, but because he was right. His student Plato spent decades analyzing why human beings consistently choose comfortable lies over uncomfortable truths. In this video, you'll discover: Why Socrates was sentenced to death by democratic vote The psychological mechanism that makes groups prefer belonging over truth How Plato's Allegory of the Cave predicted modern information warfare Why algorithms, institutions, and media systems reward lies and punish truth-tellers Plato's controversial solution: philosopher-kings and elite epistemic stewardship Practical techniques for building "philosophical immunity" against crowd psychology