Politics - how to keep our social class in power
Philosophy - why our social class needs to run the country
Economics - how to keep the money flowing to our social class.
It’s like the French ENA but without the need to actually be any good at anything.
Edit - Socrates is of course highly regarded by philosophers. His message, as represented by Plato, could basically be summed up as “Educated people should be put in charge of things. In fact, the State should be run by people taught to argue the hind leg off a donkey. They should have a special education provided by us philosophers. And you metics and ordinary citizens should know your place, don’t worry, we’ll provide myths explaining why you need to do as you’re told so you will be quite happy.”
The Democratic government was smart enough to realise that he was really arguing for an aristocratic coup, and they gave him the chance of exile. But ever since some philosophers have been peddling the myth that whatever is good for us and our paymasters is good for you lot, whether it’s Hegel or Scruton.
