recommends accepting things that "outside of your control" and being "indifferent" to the external world asserting the falsehood that there's no difference between being rich or poor but it's all to do with a mindset. Second stoicism leads to passivity instead of forward thinking revolution such as women's rights and freedom from colonialism or slavery. A stoic would just have "accepted fate" and tried not to fight against it but focused on what they "can control" like being a good slave or being a good secretary, this comes after reading many chapters of bullshit in a book titled "the little book of stoicism" I wish I could link the screenshot pages to make my argument more clear but I don't know how to do so. — Gitonga
"Stoicism can not contain itself. Stoics misinterpret feelings and human nature and set unnatural limits to other people. They prioritize their -ism over being interested in the well-being of themselves and others." (Nietzsche?) — mortenwittgenstein
A stoic would just have "accepted fate" and tried not to fight against it but focused on what they "can control" like being a good slave or being a good secretary, — Gitonga
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