Presidential Elections and Allegory of the Cave essays

Presidential Elections and Allegory of the Cave essays In Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," prisoners waste their entire lives chained in an underground cavern, nurtured into deeming that shadows' wavering in front of them is a reality. Socrates presents the allegory of the hardship of grasping reality. One prisoner manages to break off the chains to escape from the cave, only to realize that shadows he had been observing his entire life are in fact, not reality. According to Socrates, this realization is not an immediate acknowledgment by the prisoner, because he states, "He will be unable to see them [reality], at least at first" (516). Furthermore, according to Socrates people trust their senses too much and believe the world [politics] as it is to our site. As modern-day presidential (marionette) candidates are manipulated by their parties, which are manipulated by lobbyists and firms at large with billion of green fuel and imprisoned citizens are nurtured into believing campaigning propagandas are a reality. The media, social networking, various organizations are vehicles to gathering and publishing popular topics for the candidates. For instance, 2012 presidential elections' topics: drug legalizations, economy, and healthcare are topics that majority would bet money that they know all that there is to know. According to Allegory of the Cave, in reality, we only know what is in our display and what we have been exposed to our entire lives in this society. There is a wall, beyond which we cannot intervene, nor do we have the right to observe the authenticity. There is no doubt that social media influences the outcome of the elections. Especially, because many young adults tend to obtain news and information through social media, due to its easy and fast access. All politicians use the social media fountain to post and tweet their absurd observations for help on strategies that grasp young adults, for campaigning means. In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the freed prisoner realizes ...