rs in charge if one really believes Plato is right. A Christian is meanwhile aware that Jesus Christ taught that there would be wars, etc., until He Himself reigned on the earth. His reign, in fact, would begin by ending the largest world war in the bloodiest slaughter of the guilty history has ever seen. Only by thus permanently putting down rebellion to His rule is His rule begun. But Jesus is no philosopher, but God Himself. In the Christian model, I therefore work for the establishment of Christ's throne. He defines my righteousness by obedience to His commands as King. Plato defined his righteousness (35) as simply doing one's job as best as one could and working within the allotted role without complaint. Certainly if all people worked without complaint, there would be fewer problems, but people feel compelled to complain: about injustice or simply a perceived injustice.
Marx, postulating no God, would deny the existence of any perfect "forms." He sees all existence guided by material, and economics determining type of existence. Essentially, Marx proposed the twisted golden rule: he who has the gold makes the rules; he who doesn't have the gold breaks the rules in order to get his hands on the gol
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