I'm pretty sure I have more people who follow me on here than who knew who Socrates was when he was alive, after reviewing the actual enfranchised population of Classical Athens
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It is funny though There's a story that at a performance of Aristophanes' The Clouds a bunch of out-of-towers had come up see none of them got any of the constant jokes about Socrates
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One of them finally just blurts out "Who is Socrates?!" and then the actual Socrates just stands up in the front row and silently points to himself
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I mean, even in that context, that means YOU have more people following you that the entire free household population of Athens, including wives and children who would be citizens if male, so I’m pretty sure you would definitely be more famous than Socrates
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We have all had a tweet see more eyeballs than Socrates
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