There's "philosophers" and then there are PHILOSOPHERS. Plato said that while also indicating that what he meant by the Born Philosopher is the rare individual who is head and shoulders above his contemporaries in terms of mind, heart and personal development.

As such, nowadays these individuals are punished continuously throughout their childhood until their greatness is broken out of them. This has been ongoing since the baby boomer era, so there are almost none anymore.

Modifying the mores so as to encourage lowering those who are better instead of encouraging those who are not doing as well to surpass themselves towards excellence was a preliminary step among a set of many in order to usher an era of communism for the entire world.

Don't worry, it's coming. Quickly.