The Trial of Socrates
Truth-telling is still a dangerous occupation
It’s been accepted for quite a long time that “speaking truth to power” can get you into a lot of trouble. Actually, it can get you killed.
Stories about this go all the way back to Socrates in ancient Athens (399 BCE) when the great philosopher was put on public trial and given a death sentence where he drank poisonous hemlock rather than accept a plea …