https://www.reddit.com/r/stupidpol/comments/qz0j63/why_does_the_left_seem_to_hate_stoicism/ Work in progress In Mark Fischer’s Capitalist Realism, Fischer says that much of the left has come to accept the conclusion that capitalism is something that will stay, so the efforts of the left (or at least Liberal 2.0) have changed from dismantling capitalist institutions to mitigating whatever inevitable effects of it occur. This is like a stoic perspective of capitalism, where they come to accept the influence and nature of capitalism as out of their control, so their goals switch from their original motive. In that respect, the philosophy of stoicism does not mesh with a struggle that requires dismantling of that system of Capitalism which appears to be inevitable, seeing how much it’s being propagandized to be in tune with human nature. Like in a broader sense, stoicism appears to have internal contradiction with people who are in a struggle, and so a purpose. Howe...
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