Is Truth Dead? Plato vs Influencers

In this video, I’m diving into how influencers like Andrew Tate, Logan Paul, and Jordan Peterson use rhetorical tricks to manipulate their audiences. With a little help from Plato’s critique of sophists and Aristotle’s theory of rhetoric (appeal to ethos, pathos, logos), I’ll break down how these internet personalities play on emotions, misuse trust, and twist logic to push their agendas.





Sources used:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ar...
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https://www.dailydot.com/debug/crypto...
https://torontosun.com/2016/10/19/u-o...
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https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/philo...
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0:00 Plato Explains Manipulation
2:07 Andrew Tate’s Matrix Myth
5:07 Logan Paul’s Broken Trust
7:30 Peterson’s Logic Trap