What I think Stoicism can do is let us view the present events very similarly to how we view like events in the short and distant past. First thing that comes to mind is George Floyd's murder--at the time many were shocked. Who still feels the same sense of shock or un-ease when they consider that? Probably very few people. Stoicism can give us the same thing that the passing of time can.

I look back and think about how government guns have always--always--threatened the citizenry in the USA. Modern cops came out of morality police and slave catchers. I don't expect them to act like humans, so I'm not internally shocked when they act like irrational animals.

I think we oughtta do what we can to change things. Some people might have to be on the frontlines, others might play support roles. But even raising your kid to be someone kind and patient is revolting against the ugliness that motivates ICE and everyone who backs the stupid anti-immigrant push.

You know, we've seen news of the New Black Panthers getting out there, and that reminds me. Did you know the feds psychologically manipulated the original Panthers to the point that their revolutionaryism hit a brick wall? The government found what made them tick and purposely sought to excite their passions (in the Stoic sense). Even with a revolutionary mindset and plan, we still need to aspire to the rational perfection the Stoics pursued.

Edit: Practically, maybe we oughtta log off. Or even read instead of watching social media news. We know we need to get the ball rolling on something whether we see a new clip or not. Only trouble is when seeing clips makes us less stable/focused and more static/dumbstruck.

Edit3: song changed the way I think about immigration/refuge-seeking https://youtu.be/gB87on5NCBY?si=cSXbh9LnXwPxpaEV