▁only ▁are ▁they ▁the ▁most ▁wise , ▁but ▁they ▁are ▁also ▁virt uous ▁and ▁self less . ▁To ▁combat ▁cor ruption , ▁Pl ato ' s ▁S ocr ates ▁suggests ▁that ▁the ▁r ul ers ▁would ▁live ▁simply ▁and ▁commun ally . ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁soci etal ▁values ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁S ocr ates ▁suggests ▁that ▁sex ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁a ▁factor ▁in ▁dec iding ▁who ▁should ▁rule , ▁so ▁women ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁men ▁can ▁rule . ▁S ocr ates ▁propos es ▁ ▁that ▁the ▁Guard ians ▁should ▁mate ▁and ▁reproduce , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁children ▁will ▁be ▁raised ▁commun ally ▁rather ▁than ▁by ▁their ▁bi ological ▁parents . ▁The ▁children ' s ▁bi ological ▁parents ▁will ▁never ▁be ▁known ▁to ▁them , ▁so ▁that ▁no ▁Guardian ▁will ▁prefer ▁his ▁or ▁her ▁own ▁off spring ▁over ▁the ▁common ▁good . ▁The ▁children ▁of ▁the ▁guard ian ▁class ▁will ▁be ▁tested , ▁and ▁only ▁the ▁most ▁wise ▁and ▁virt uous ▁will ▁become ▁r ul ers . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism <0x09> ▁Karl ▁Po pper ▁bl amed ▁Pl ato ▁for ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁total itar ian ism ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁seeing ▁Pl ato ' s ▁phil os opher ▁k ings , ▁with ▁their ▁dream s ▁of ▁ ▁' social ▁engineering ' ▁and ▁' ide al ism ', ▁as ▁leading ▁directly ▁to ▁Adolf ▁Hitler ▁and ▁Joseph ▁St alin ▁( via ▁Georg ▁Wilhelm ▁Friedrich ▁H eg el ▁and ▁Karl ▁Marx ▁respectively ). ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Pl