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Stoicism resurgence seems very unusually connected to the rise of the alt-right.
by rokosbasilisk 10y ago
Stoicism resurgence seems very unusually connected to the rise of the alt-right.
- Apocryphon 10y agoNot so much as stoicism itself, but a cargo cult version of it: https://emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/2016/11/how-the-alt-right-emerged-from-mens-self-help/ https://emotionsblog.history.qmul.ac.uk/2016/11/how-the-alt-...
- rkallos 10y agoKey quote: "All the classical philosophers that some alt-righters claim to revere put virtue before brute power. The Stoics, in particular, were cosmopolitans – they believed in a universal moral code that transcends race, gender or nationality." In other words, some people wind up cherry-picking pieces of Stoicism, like equanimity in the face of misfortune, and ignoring others, like cosmopolitanism and considering virtue as the highest/sole good.
- return0 10y agoBill Clinton was a fan of stoics, so i think you're totally right.