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Socrates Weeps as Plato Grins, is a social political fiction novel that plays the World Oligarchy, (New World Order), against the Philosopher Kings, in a battle of cunning, for control over world democracies. The adventure starts off in the virtual Utopia of Aronian, A tropical volcanic Island mid Atlantic, where King Dominique is struggling with the problems of overpopulation and the depletion of Aronian natural resources. Dominique's struggle to solve the problems of his beautiful Island, without having to compromise the values of his people, acquaints himself with Peder Erikson. Peder is a typical Aronian with all the cultural values and ambitions of his people. Peder is sent by King Dominique to Canada, on a quest to put in motion a plot devised by King Dominique and himself to keep Aronia the paradise it has always been. Once in Canada Peder has to contend against Brian, a struggling construction worker/ inventor, whose intellect and passion for truth and justice is destined to cause a clash. Brian is portrayed as a slightly off the wall hinging on crazy individual whose passion for justices and rebellion against all that infringe human freedom make him a bit eccentric. The novel introduces many problems in the democratic system with many suggestions by the characters. It shows how the system can be corrupted by many means for different purposes by people with different agendas or may have already been. In a genre comparable to; Orwell's 1984, Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, and Heller's Catch 22, Mr. Irwin catches societal trends and portrays them with; humour, irony, and cynicism making a fun novel for audiences to read.