Sounds like a very strange concept. You're suggesting that Karl Marx would create an entire system just to use as a weapon?
Especially considering his conclusion is capitalism in the end. A social capitalism, but not communism at all.
J
I wouldn't say Marxism was EVER realized as Karl Marx had envisioned. But that's the problem with most idealistic Utopian philosophies- Libertarianism included. Just like one could argue that Capitalism has killed as many more more... just from Nazi Germany erasing the Jews.
I've never argued...
What I read that quote is saying is that if he wishes things and declines things, he might as well be a slave. Not that slavery is what Stoics think is a natural way of the human spirit.
"Show me a man who is not a slave; one is a slave to lust, another to greed, another to ambition, and all...
You're right of course because someone feels a certain way doesn't mean its genuinely discriminatory or hateful.
But it certainly sells papers when it is.
J
Hope you got a lot of writing done. Thanks for the detailed thoughts. The only things I can think of.
- I laughed the hardest when you said I wasn't being honest with myself. It's the only thing I've been all my life. I'm very aware of my faults and I accept them while still trying to improve. I...
I'm going to have to make a list for interviews for me to make. I'm still hovering around 60% of my normal levels of energy and health. (Guess I should have had the booster shots after all? )
Stoicism would argue against just accepting enslavers enslaving people. There's a difference of complaining in the darkness, and finding where you are and moving towards where you want to be.
Just bitching and complaining that life is unfair doesn't change anything. Recognize that life is...
More misinformation for the pile. Druthers is a new paper in Canada designed to sell hate and confusion.
https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2022/02/03/when-hateful-words-arrive-at-the-door.html
I have mixed feelings about these interviews personally. While I'm sure some folks would find them very valuable, and Tim's work doubly-so, for me, I find it just very strange to consider all the things people do to, escape/avoid/reset themselves.
I do a lot of meditative inquiry work myself...
I had to think for a moment (Still feeling weak from the damned COVID). But, no one likes China here. Trudeau still has to walk back his comments he made without thinking in the past. As far as Canadians feel, China has always been more dangerous than Russia for the long-term. That may have...