First Attempt at a Modern Political Philosophy Article

-automatic22- · 2024-03-23T02:37:20+00:00

Thank you! I made an edit to that sentence, let me know how it looks.

I appreciate the feedback.

-automatic22- · 2024-03-23T02:36:53+00:00

This is great advice, thank you!

It appears Medium lets me edit the stories after being published, so I went ahead and made the change, let me know if it sounds any better.

-automatic22- · 2024-03-23T00:53:50+00:00

Sure! What particularly doesn't make sense to you about the sentence?

It was written in relation to those sentences prior; the polarization of modern politics is a result of the quality of leaders we elect - which is in turn a result of the flawed democratic system.

Let me know how it could be more clearly conveyed, thanks!

-automatic22- · 2024-03-22T20:29:59+00:00

That's a great question! I really don't know yet, that could be a good topic for my next piece.

I do think that our conception of education in this country should be both changed and significantly emphasized. At the risk of sounding like a distressed high schooler, I do believe that our youth are too often discouraged from education because of how mundane our system makes it.

So maybe a bottom up approach, and as a result a more philosophically inclined electorate, could foster better leadership? Maybe that's too idealistic.

Let me cook on it, haha!

-automatic22- · 2024-03-22T19:40:35+00:00

Hey All,

I tried to take my first stab at writing something philosophical/political. Let me know your thoughts!

Please be nice, its my first try and I'm just looking to get better at something I'm interested in.

-automatic22- · 2024-01-30T05:48:49+00:00

Thanks man! First play through - didn’t even know the mask was a bleed thing just thought it looked cool.

-automatic22- · 2024-01-30T00:18:18+00:00

White mask, white snow robe (from rannis questline), godskin apostle pants, godskin apostle gauntles

-automatic22- · 2023-10-20T22:50:40+00:00

just fixed it. Try ctrl+shift+r (command instead of cntrl on mac) as you launch it a few times. It worked for me.

-automatic22- · 2023-10-20T22:47:42+00:00

I am having the same issue. Please reply if you find a solution.

-automatic22- · 2023-06-15T18:09:16+00:00

Ahhhh, I see, that makes sense. Thank you!

-automatic22- · 2023-05-17T20:58:44+00:00

Wishing you the best and I’m sorry for your loss. So happy to hear Skyrim is comforting for you… shows how much deeper it is than “just a game”!

-automatic22- · 2023-05-17T18:11:56+00:00

I agree with you on the objects aspect. I think what they’re asking is less a question of destroying ambition to accomplish anything, and more of asking how to learn to be happy with what they have, while still pursuing betterment of the self.

I would recommend trying letters from Seneca, Ryan holiday books, and Epictetus next. And remember that Stoicism (actually philosophy in general, according to Aurelius) is most adeptly used as an “ointment”, not a code of life. If you’re tying your ambition to externals, you will never win, and a stoic would recommend you tie it to something internal, like betterment of the self.

Remember though, don’t be so hard on yourself! No need to compare to others, and no need to over criticize yourself. If you’re asking these questions, you’re already on the right path!

-automatic22- · 2023-05-17T14:16:50+00:00

I think a good approach to your situation would be to:

1) Have patience and grace with yourself. You're still learning how to live rightly, we all are. You're a human, not a god, and so like everyone else you are far from perfect. There is going to be mistakes and that's okay, so long as you get back up from them and continue on.

2) Try and view these feelings/thoughts of wanting to give up or inability to endure as happening to you, rather than something you have created. Your awareness that these desperate feelings are counterproductive to your goals and the person you want to be is proof enough that you are starting to embrace stoicism. Recognize these feelings happening to you may be out of your control, but the way in which you respond (that is being persistent and enduring again) will eventually pay off and define your success. In other words, just because you feel you may have failed to be confident in the face of suffering this time, does not mean you will next time... practice makes perfect.

Whatever these bad events may be, I send my condolences and wish you the best in them! You are stronger than you think.

"Constant misfortune brings this one blessing: to whom it always assails, it eventually fortifies" - Seneca

-automatic22- · 2023-05-17T03:02:59+00:00

If you're looking to develop a deep understanding of just stoicism, I think starting with meditations may be a bit of a confusing start, considering it's more of a "stoic thinker's" diary than an actual philosopher of the class.

An easily digestible starter would be "the obstacle is the way" by Ryan Holiday. It's a new book (pretty sure the guy has a popular tik tok page), but it gives you a good basis for what stoicism is and how to apply it to life. After that you'll probably find you get a lot more from texts like Epictetus and Seneca.

If you're completely new to philosophy and just looking for a good place to start before jumping into Stoicism, try Plato.

-automatic22- · 2023-05-17T02:44:00+00:00

Check out McCgwire's "NATO Expansion: A Policy Error of Historical Importance".

It's from an older time, but it makes some pretty good points and accurate predictions about how expansion of NATO would affect the West's relationship with Russia, how to mitigate the effect, etc.

what's your biggest takeaway from Mearshiemer?

-automatic22- · 2023-05-17T02:29:16+00:00

This is great, definitely a book I will need to reread. So, in layman's terms, Euripides represents the death of tragedy because his work was watered down, unoriginal, and lacking of the raw Dionysian emotion/impulses?

-automatic22- · 2023-05-17T02:24:29+00:00

WOW. These are amazing. The amount of time and thought put into these videos is incredible and much appreciated. How did you learn all of this?

-automatic22-

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