Forwarded from Dull Academic Incessant Liturgical Yapping: Philosophical Orations on Order & Reaction
Today's lesson in poverty:
Whatever happens in today's race, you, the American rightoid, will lose. If you care about this election, you are probably tied to political fantasies that will never happen, and they are fantasies that will never happen because your people do not have and never will have power. You are but a lowly subject of the American Republic, and yet you are making demands as if your opinion is relevant, as if you are not a member of the lowest social caste in our system—someone of lower relevance and status than border hoppers and African imports according to those who actually get to decide these things—as if you were important, as if you matter, as if your opinions matter. The reality is that you are irrelevant, your opinions are irrelevant, and you have no say in political matters. They are not yours. Get your priorities in line and worry Instead about things that are actually in your control, things that actually belong to you. Putting so much attention and care into that which doesn't belong to you is like slapping yourself in the face, except instead of your face, you're damaging your innermost self, your fundamental nature, your very soul.
The first passage from Epictetus' Handbook comes to mind:
"But Mr. Poor, who do you want to win?" Epictetus answers for me once again:
Whatever happens is what is meant to happen and is what is right; this is not my business. God is good, and goodness will triumph in the end. Goodnight.
Whatever happens in today's race, you, the American rightoid, will lose. If you care about this election, you are probably tied to political fantasies that will never happen, and they are fantasies that will never happen because your people do not have and never will have power. You are but a lowly subject of the American Republic, and yet you are making demands as if your opinion is relevant, as if you are not a member of the lowest social caste in our system—someone of lower relevance and status than border hoppers and African imports according to those who actually get to decide these things—as if you were important, as if you matter, as if your opinions matter. The reality is that you are irrelevant, your opinions are irrelevant, and you have no say in political matters. They are not yours. Get your priorities in line and worry Instead about things that are actually in your control, things that actually belong to you. Putting so much attention and care into that which doesn't belong to you is like slapping yourself in the face, except instead of your face, you're damaging your innermost self, your fundamental nature, your very soul.
The first passage from Epictetus' Handbook comes to mind:
Some things in the world are up to us, while others are not. Up to us are our faculties of judgment, motivation, desire, and aversion—in short, everything that is our own doing. Not up to us are our body and property, our reputations, and our official positions—in short, everything that is not our own doing. Moreover, the things up to us are naturally free, unimpeded, and unconstrained, while the things not up to us are powerless, servile, impeded, and not our own. Keep this in mind then: if you think things naturally servile are free and that things not our own are ours, you will be frustrated, pained, and troubled, and you will find fault with God and with men. But if you think you own only what is yours, and that you do not own what is not yours, as you really don’t, no one will ever put pressure on you, no one will impede you, you will not reproach anyone, you will not blame anyone, you will not do a single thing reluctantly, no one will harm you, you will have no enemy, because nothing harmful will happen to you.
Keep in mind, then, that you have to be highly motivated if you want to achieve such great goals. You will have to forego some things completely, and postpone others for the present. But if you want both at the same time—the things that are really yours plus prominence and wealth in addition—you will probably not get even the latter because of wanting the former as well, and you certainly will not get the former, which are the only way to secure freedom and happiness.
Right now, then, make it your habit to tell every jarring thought or impression: “You are just an appearance and in no way the real thing.” Next, examine it and test it by these rules that you have. First and foremost: does it involve the things up to us, or the things not up to us? And if it involves one of the things not up to us, have the following response at hand: “Not my business.”
"But Mr. Poor, who do you want to win?" Epictetus answers for me once again:
Don’t ask for things to happen as you would like them to, but wish them to happen as they actually do, and you will be all right.
Whatever happens is what is meant to happen and is what is right; this is not my business. God is good, and goodness will triumph in the end. Goodnight.
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Forwarded from Ohio Reich
So basically if you're using birth control, it's not "them" making the frogs gay. It's literally you and your birth control piss getting into the water supply. So really you should stop taking that shit.
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Forwarded from The Beacons Are Lit
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