The Allegory of the Cave

Today we watched the animated version of Allegory of the Cave by the philosopher Plato.  It was a little confusing, but interesting.  Afterwards, we had a discussion.  He let us say our own interpretations, then he hinted to us what he thought.  We mostly talked about the media, and how Plato "predicted" how media affects everyone in the modern age.  We also talked about how we are just looking "at a projector" to get our information and everything that influences our decision.  By the end of the class we started talking about democrats and republicans and Hillary Clinton and all the people running for president.  (I don't know how that came up.)