ahthat

‘To live in accordance with nature.’ -Epictetus

Nietzsche might actually be misreading the stoics here (is that heretical to say?), or I am not privy to the angle of his attack.

The stoic viewpoint is to play your role according to where you find yourself. Suffering is unavoidable. A stoic accepts this fact and does not let it perturb him. An ideal stoic fears neither pain nor death, and goes willingly to death when called. This in my view is what is meant by ‘living in accordance with nature.’ Respect for the bounds of your existence, and not giving into the depression and self pity that can accompany a less than lavish or comfortable existence.

Not really a philosophy of ‘raging against the dying of the light.’

I suppose it’s possible, sometimes there is no “good” side, both sides might be bad and have committed atrocities.

My question is this: to what degree is the largest company in the word by market cap reliant on Chinese industry for manufacturing its products?

A Seattle police precinct was bombed

People don’t have anything to do, are out of work, are tired of being at home all the time, financial futures in jeopardy... many are taking to the streets to vent frustration in ways both healthy and unhealthy to society. Meanwhile, federal forces are massing in these cities in response to unrest, the operation and command of which is obtuse. De escalation unlikely without continued intervention, further escalation possible and perhaps likely in the long run, depending on the outcome of incoming political and societal events.

What about something about what is happening up in Portland and Seattle

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