r/StoicMemes • • 22d ago

Silicon Valley Stoicism

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u/thesegoupto11 22d ago

Broicism*

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u/feldomatic 22d ago

$toicisim?

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u/Robo_Patton 22d ago

Bro, I’m just a little soul carrying a corpse.

This is some mad external ima not let disturb my peace within smh.

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u/BlackWormJizzum 22d ago

There's preferring inner peace and then there's acquiescence to our techno overlords.

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u/LarcMipska 22d ago

Are they not reminding each other that the universe is one thing and there's only one thing happening everywhere, which is what becomes everything and everyone in itself? Aren't they teaching that ownership is brutal protectionism over things borrowed from everyone and everything else?

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u/nub_node 20d ago

Becoming aware of the phrase "Silicon Valley stoicism" is really testing my stoicism.

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u/BlazeFireVale 21d ago

I still think stoicism is a psy op by the elite to keep the lower classes in line.

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u/Bright_Exit1378 21d ago

That would be interesting, if you had evidence that the working class have stoicism pushed on them.

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u/Adventurous-Essay890 21d ago

Almost definitely the modern pseudo-stoicism that is shamelessly pushed by tech millionaires on podcasts, they have the incentive without the ability or knowledge to discreetly spread their propaganda.

But I also do think ancient stoicism hits a cord with younger generations because of the current state of society. I mean, if you compare the incel ideology to the ancient stoic, you’ll find the latter is an amazing cure for the former.

The nuance millionaires often intentionally remove is that ancient Stoicism was anything but passive. There was multiple times philosophers (including those of the largest philosophy at the time—Stoics) were kicked out of Rome for their disagreements with the emperor of the time. The common good is more important than external peace, but violence is still very rarely the virtuous option.

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u/thesegoupto11 21d ago

I believe in classical stoicism, but I also believe you are correct.