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I just thought that maybe this is a response to a widespread experience of loss of control over life circumstances and decisions. You struggle for a while, then

I just thought that maybe this is a response to a widespread experience of loss of control over life circumstances and decisions. You struggle for a while, then you accept and surrender to realizing you won't get rich, you will be forever at the whim of a landlord ... natrual reaction then is to establish a dissociated emotional way of life / thinking and conceptualize it - voilà Stoicism. You can't do anything about it so you might just as well stop complaining and worrying about it. If that works is another question and if that is Stoicism as it was meant originally also questionable - but I think this is the dynamic behind the Stoicism fad.

stanrivers 5y ago
Which is unfortunate - there is a futility feeling in that takeaway / summary, which I agree is often said; you can also use Stoicism as a way to remember to prioritize and focus on what you can actually control… that’s the important takeaway to me… can you control that your landlord is going to try to raise rent next year - no, not generally. Can you look and have many options? Maybe… that kind of concept