Did Socrates Lose?

Socrates was condemned by the Athenian intellectuals. He offered his defense and they didn’t agree with him. They voted against him. He lost, right?

Well, no. He told the Athenians that he had gone about inquiring as to whether any of their intellectuals knew what is good. None of them could explain the good to him. This exposed them as fools in public. From this he concluded that at least he, Socrates, knows when he does not know but these intellectuals believe they know when they do not. They then teach their errors to their students with confidence.

Now, if he had then gone before the Athenian intellectuals, presented his case, and they agreed with him, his hypothesis would be proven false. It would have been shown they can listen to and follow a sound argument about what is good. Instead, their vote against him was the last and most convincing proof that Socrates was right.

Now consider leftist faculty in our day. They tell us they want inclusion and democratic rule. But they actually get power by cronyism and censorship. If such faculty voted in favor of being inclusive of views including views they disagree with, that would seem to be a proof that perhaps they aren’t tyrants and censors. But if instead they voted to continue violating their own rules by using state resources to promote a personal political agenda, this proves Socrates was correct.

When you look at the faculty of your local university, what do you see?