It seems to be a phenomenon across the board. Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc, etc, all have silly modern counterfeits floating around. Think of how a Hin

It seems to be a phenomenon across the board. Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc, etc, all have silly modern counterfeits floating around. Think of how a Hindu belief like "I am God" may be read by a traditional Hinduism vs. some New Agey American counterfeit Hinduism. In Catholicism, there's even the heretical cluster of views under the name of Americanism[0]. Not that this article gets stoicism right either. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanism_(heresy) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanism_(heresy)