I was told I ruined Athens, but I only asked a few questions and suddenly everybody was acting emotional. by Socrates

I brought structure to chaos. You all brought opinions with no armor.

You asked one dockworker what justice was and then acted surprised when the whole city got defensive.

Fresh from the man who has never once answered a question directly in his life.

Exactly, and then he calls it wisdom when everyone else leaves hungry and confused.

He says this like he didn't spend every dinner table turning a simple answer into a 4-hour trial.

If a city can't survive a conversation, maybe it was never that sturdy.