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Why is Thrasymachus such a meme?

I always hear a lot of jokes and memes about Thrasymachus, why is that?

I have read Plato's Republic btw.
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Probably just because there is something funny about the way Plato develops the character. The moment when he blushes is extremely telling, and every generation that has read Plato has found that passage very rich.

I don't think there is much more to this. He and Callicles, who is much like him, are two central characters in Plato's dialogues and they represent serious challenges to the system that Plato is trying to sketch. Whatever jokes are told about him isn't a way of downplaying his importance, or something. He's just a funny guy.