Noble Lie attributed to Socrates

The Noble Lie is a concept attributed to Socrates and discussed in Book III of Plato’s “The Republic”, which holds that the use of noble lies by the ruling caste is necessary to uphold social cohesion within an ideal society (The Republic). In many ways, this is the root of the internal justification employed by the various bureaucrat/administrative state actors that have authorized and funded (using taxpayer funds) the fearporn and pro-vax propaganda campaigns. Few recognize that the Noble Lie is one component of a core Platonic myth designed to justify a permanent class system, with the allegory of the cave being another. Both are derived from the Myth of Three Metals.

The Three Metals myth posits that Mother Nature invented all human beings and mixed different metals—gold, silver, bronze or iron—into their characters. This is basically Plato’s justification for a permanent social caste structure of rulers (overlords) and ruled. Rulers have gold in their characters, workers have iron, and so on for all different classes and professions. Plato posits that this myth will make it easier to rule an ideal republic since 1) everyone will think that their social class is an extension of their inner character, and 2) everyone will know they have a common mother so they will treat each other peacefully. In such an “ideal” republic, inspired wise philosopher-kings, with characters of gold, will rule in a benevolent manner (noblesse oblige) and will lie to the ruled when necessary to maintain social order and the natural social structure (based on one’s metal content, or “mettle”).

In short, based on these assimulated social theories which trace to antiquity, we were all lied to throughout the COVIDcrisis BECAUSE the ruling caste was philosophically justified in doing so. Otherwise, allowing free speech would jeopardize the social structure by causing hesitancy or concerns about the governmental and WHO public health policies (including mandated reliance on an experimental vaccine). And our Golden overlords were justified in doing so because their very characters are fashioned from gold, while ours contain silver, bronze or iron. 

Bluntly, the Platonic thesis is that propaganda emanating from the ruling caste is necessary and required to maintain social order. In the 21st century, the term “propaganda” has become curiously quaint and anachronistic as the associated underpinning psychologic science and technology have advanced. Terms more accurately reflecting the current state-of-the-art include fifth generation warfare, nudge theory, psy-ops, and the censorship-industrial complex