If Elbert Hubbard and Socrates timed traveled to the year 2012 I think they would be pretty shocked. Elbert Hubbard wrote an essay called A Message to Garcia which was about people not being lazy and doing what they are told without any questions asked. Elbert was probably thinking the world was going to be like that in the future. I think if Socrates saw how the world was now he would be surprised and upset because his method was about speaking your thoughts and being able to believe in what you think. But now not every country is a democracy, some have a dictator which means they have no right to speak against the leader and say think and believe in what they think. Also if someone was going to be killed because of something they did and had a choice to apologize and live or die knowing what you believe was right. Most people now a day would choose their life over what they believe in a heartbeat. This would really confuse Socrates. People now are also not so eager to learn and they make it hard for other people to be proud of what they believe in because they either make fun of them for take advantage of them and their beliefs. Elbert Hubbard was right though, there are good people in this world who aren’t rude or lazy and will do what they are told and be proud of what they believe and respect others beliefs.
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