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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Macho “Stoics” on the internet

I was asked in class yesterday about how some internet popularizers of Stoicism seem to equate that philosophy with "masculine values"… This seems relevant:

"Working through a book with some students yesterday and had a realization.💡

Many of us would agree that our culture is broadly nihilistic — lot of despair, feelings of pointlessness, atomization, and isolation. "Does anything matter?!"

A lot of the toxic stuff online targeting young men is flourishing IN THIS CONTEXT. Guys are offered "systems," and "discipline," and "tradition" as a balm for this aimlessness and anxiety about meaning."

👇 https://www.threads.net/@greatbooksprof/post/C_vF9PnusBk/?xmt=AQGziKuazBiKpApNr6Oa7gCvvqV9D39ZVA3FnnNdKNkC_Q

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