VDH is the one who introduced me to the term "monastic stoicism" in 2017. He describes where I was heading at the time. And I'm happy to say I've taken my stoicism to exciting new levels.
I used to be a news junkie, avid sports fan, and still kept up with music and other cultural components. I haven't given everything up; some associations, like this board, have grandfathered status, but most are gone. And I'm pretty content with that.
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More and more Americans today are becoming Stoic dropouts. They are not illiberal, and certainly not reactionaries, racists, xenophobes, or homophobes. They’re simply exhausted by our frenzied culture.
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They don’t like lectures from the privileged and the wealthy on the pitfalls of privilege and wealth. In response, they don’t hike out to monasteries, fall into fetal positions, or write Meditations. Instead, they have checked out mentally from American popular entertainment, sports, and the progressive cultural project in general.
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When everything is politicized, everything is monotonous; nothing is interesting... So millions tune out and retreat to reading what was written before 1980, or to watching movies of a past age or seeking their own tribal ties of the mind.
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https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/...ping-politics/
