Claims that Socrates taught them to forget the true morality of the just word and its meaning. Young people use unfair words to their advantage so they can walk away from things or do things they want without taking into consideration the well-being of others. They are impulsive and reckless. Consequently, unjust discourse represents a danger to democracy and will only produce negative results. It gives intelligent people an advantage over ordinary people who have no knowledge of the difference between “fair speech” and “unfair speech.” For example, if a member of the Athenians decides to persuade his peers to engage in war, most of them will accept without considering the consequences. Unjust speech is rhetorically superior to just speech because it proves to be more
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