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Monitoring the Situation Katılım Eylül 2022
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memetic_sisyphus
memetic_sisyphus@memeticsisyphus·
Carl Schmidt defines politics as reducible to the friend enemy distinction. This split transcends all previously held beliefs. It’s amoral, it ignores aesthetics, it’s often becomes the primary logic in debates. Ryan, dedicated stoic, is having an intense emotional reaction to someone who is enemy speaking fondly of someone he calls friend. His enemy can’t have a mutual friend with him. The result is a common political self-betrayal to maintain the primacy of friend/ enemy.
Daily Stoic@dailystoic

Ryan Holiday's Response to Ivanka Trump

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saila@sailaunderscore·
I need a nice centrist opener here, so I can just make an aesthetic point without any moralizing over politics. "Ok, whether you're..." Hm. Ok. Coming along nicely. "...pro- or anti-Epstein--" Brilliant. My magnum opus.
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MythoMAGA@MythoMAGA

Ok, whether you’re pro- or anti-Epstein, I think there’s one thing we can all agree on: This photo goes hard as hell. They look like they’re about to drop the most revolutionary synth pop album of all time.

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Bradley J. Birzer
Bradley J. Birzer@bradleybirzer·
“Should the time ever come when Latin and Greek should be banished from our universities and the study of Cicero and Demosthenes, of Homer and Virgil, should be considered as unnecessary for the formation of a scholar, we should regard mankind as fast sinking into an absolute barbarism, and the gloom of mental darkness is likely to increase until it should become universal.”—Cincinnati Western Review (1820)
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Ancient Philosophy🦉
Ancient Philosophy🦉@AncPhi·
@mcgillmd921 I will tell you how. One particular midwit thinks the entirety of Stoicism is based on the English meaning of "apathy," centuries removed from the Greek meaning of "apatheia."
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Michael McGill 🏛
Michael McGill 🏛@mcgillmd921·
I've seen a lot of hate directed towards Stoicism over the last couple of days, since the Ryan Holiday/Ivanka Trump video was posted by the Daily Stoic. One of the main complains seems to be that Stoicism teaches people to be "apathetic" about the events of their lives. I’m not sure how Stoicism got this bad reputation of being a passive “who gives a shit” philosophy. When I read the works of the Stoics, I am inspired to be an active participant in life, to care, and to give my very best. Case in point… Epictetus “How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself? You are no longer a boy, but a full-grown man. If you are careless and lazy now and keep putting things off and always deferring the day after which you will attend to yourself, you will not notice that you are making no progress, but you will live and die as someone quite ordinary.” Seneca “Let us therefore set out whole-heartedly, leaving aside our many distractions and exert ourselves in this single purpose, before we realize too late the swift and unstoppable flight of time and are left behind. As each day arises, welcome it as the very best day of all, and make it your own possession. We must seize what flees.” Marcus Aurelius “To move from one unselfish action to another with God in mind. Only there, delight and stillness.” These don’t sound at all like words of doom and gloom from pessimists or uncaring nihilists. These are the words of men who encouraged us to care for the things worth caring for and actively participate in life. Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor. Seneca was a prolific writer and political advisor. Epictetus was the most respected teacher of Stoicism in his time. These were not men who idly sat by and let life happen to them. They were proactively engaged in life. To me, Stoicism is a philosophy of (right) action. It empowers me. It gives me agency to accept the things I can’t control and focus all my valuable energy on the things I can control. And don’t mistake acceptance for passivity. Acceptance is one of the most powerful actions you can take. It’s about staking your claim on the things you choose to give your valuable attention to. Stoicism is a powerful philosophy of deeply caring about the things you can control and acting on the things that you can most greatly impact. No wasted words. No wasted action. No wasted energy. A single, noble goal of living a virtuous life. And a virtuous life simply cannot be lived without caring and powerful action. Stoicism is a philosophy of caring, not apathy. Stoicism is a philosophy of action, not passivity. Don't let a bad from moment from a Stoic "influencer" tarnish your opinion of Stoicism itself. Read Marcus Aurelius. Read Seneca. Read Epictetus. Read the Stoics themselves and see if you come out of the experience thinking Stoicism is a philosophy of apathy or nihilism. You might be surprised.
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Zarathustra
Zarathustra@zarathustra5150·
Nietzsche torches the Stoics: they smuggle their morality into “nature”, then claim to derive it from there. Worshiping your own reflection and calling it cosmic law…
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Roman Helmet Guy@romanhelmetguy

Stoicism is a great self-help tool for extremely neurotic people. It can help you get “back to baseline.” Marcus Aurelius was extremely neurotic. He never wanted to be emperor. He was put into the line of succession by Hadrian when he was a teen because he was seen as the safe choice with no ambition who would protect the small child of Hadrian’s dead friend who Hadrian really wanted to be his heir (Lucius Verus). And indeed, Marcus did just that, naming Lucius Verus his co-emperor. This was the first time in history there had ever been a co-emperor, and obviously that precedent caused a ton of problems. Marcus became addicted to opium (an ingredient of the medicine called theriac that Galen gave him) to cope with the anxiety of being emperor. He also kept a journal where he talks a lot about not wanting to get out of bed, not wanting to talk to people, etc. Try to imagine Julius Caesar writing Meditations. You can’t. Marcus was fortunate enough to have able generals conduct his wars, but he was not a brilliant battlefield commander. The most celebrated victory that he seems to have been personally involved in is one time he got his troops surrounded on a hill without any water and they were all about to die but then it rained. This is called “The Miracle of the Rain.” But a lot of you hate him for the wrong reason. Every emperor named their son their heir if they had a living son. The other “Five Great Emperors” did not have living sons when they died. Commodus was always going to be his heir. Anyway, stoicism can help you with anxiety. But it cannot provide meaning in your life. You don’t believe the woo-woo pseudo-religious philosophical “nature is logos” parts of it anyway. You just want the self-help bits. Which is fine. But once you’ve cured your anxiety, there’s still further to ascend.

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The Moderate Case
The Moderate Case@TheModerateCase·
1. This is more expensive for Iran. 2. Train only transports 2-8% of what they could do by ship. 3. America could bomb the railroads in 10 minutes that’d take 20 years to rebuild. 4. They’ve been doing this for a year. You didn’t know because you just read a headline and made a tweet thinking your Einstein. The only thing being played is your brain.
Demetrius Remmiegius 🇰🇪@DemetriusRO6

Iran is exporting its Oil to China By Train Trump got played again.

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𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬 (Golden Age Arc)
𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐬 (Golden Age Arc)@myth_pilot·
Noble Savages by Napoleon Chagnon is a good book about the problem in anthropology. He found that tribal murder rates were among the highest in the world, and that tribesmen who had killed more people tended to have greater reproductive success. It’s not only about his time among the yanamomo, it’s also about virulent reaction of his fellow academics to his findings.
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Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp

David Reich on how much ancient DNA evidence has overturned so much consensus thinking how ancient cultures spread. "It wasn't peaceful, it wasn't friendly, it wasn't nice. Some of our archaeologist co-authors were just really distressed."

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Coddled Affluent Professional
Coddled Affluent Professional@feelsdesperate·
Ok. This is an interesting clip. This is one of the first times I’ve seen a politician running explicitly against the progressive NGO kleptocracy. He’s wrong that these people are ‘socialists’ (they’re kleptocrats who use leftist rhetoric to legitimize themselves) but that’s fine. It’s still very effective rhetorically. The right needs to bring this attack up to scale: the purpose of the DSA is not ‘socialism,’ it’s to maximize public revenue extraction so that upper middle class jobs doing fake work can be doled out to political allies (surplus elites, failed creatives, etc.). It’s important for the public to understand what’s going on here and where their money is going and not only can this be an effective cudgel against the left, but smashing these rice bowls can have all sorts of other positive externalities for our politics.
Billboard Chris 🌎@BillboardChris

Spencer Pratt is really good at this.

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