anarchotoothbrushist@lemmy.ml to Anarchist Memes @lemmy.ml · 1 year agoOne of the reasons they only teach whitewashed history at schoolmedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down11cross-posted to: leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up130arrow-down1imageOne of the reasons they only teach whitewashed history at schoolmedia.kbin.socialanarchotoothbrushist@lemmy.ml to Anarchist Memes @lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square133fedilinkcross-posted to: leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat is the question: live in an unjust and amoral society or die trying to make a righteous one. The stoics, at least Seneca, opted for the former.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHe really wasn’t given much of a choice. He just chose his stance on the one option he had.
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoSeneca was one of the wealthiest Romans of his time. He more than 99% of the Empire had a choice. He happened to be rich and choose status quo. Who ever would have guessed that ?
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year ago or die trying to make a righteous one. . . . and realize that your new, righteous society will quickly collapse into corruption and amorality because a society is filled with people.
minus-squaresheogorath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoThe best way is to just nuke each other to oblivion then.
minus-squarepsycho_driver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m beginning to think so.
That is the question:
live in an unjust and amoral society
or die trying to make a righteous one.
The stoics, at least Seneca, opted for the former.
He really wasn’t given much of a choice. He just chose his stance on the one option he had.
Seneca was one of the wealthiest Romans of his time.
He more than 99% of the Empire had a choice. He happened to be rich and choose status quo. Who ever would have guessed that ?
. . . and realize that your new, righteous society will quickly collapse into corruption and amorality because a society is filled with people.
The best way is to just nuke each other to oblivion then.
I’m beginning to think so.