Because they actually want a king. They don't want freedom! They want brown people in internment camps and women in the kitchen having baby after baby. They see themselves as an empire. They deserve their economy to collapse which will if trump has his way with tariffs and deportation of the cheap labor force. They also deserve tulsi gabbard and kristi noem to hand over all your military secrets to putin. they deserve to be dragooned into putin's wars. which they likely will be. the rest of the world don't deserve it. But only the self induced collapse of the US will have any chance of saving it.
The loud minority does, most of us don't... and since we don't screech at, and try to force our views on, everyone else... the loud, ignorant and easily led minority becomes the stereotype for the USA' culture. Which is utterly embarrassing and infuriating.... I believe solidarity is key, more specifically, class solidarity... if we ever hope to disrupt the status quo of oligarchs running our politics and policy. We have got to get big money and lobby groups outlawed from having any influence over policy. The USA seems to have become the very thing they were running from, at the founding.
@@april6620I thought the same until after the election results. Trump represents the majority unfortunately. Well, they messed around and they’re about to find out. Could’ve had 4 years of relative prosperity, but instead they chose chaos.
We need to be able to pay the price for self-respect. The price for selling yourself is paid with pieces of yourself and that's something we can't give away.
As a psychologist, - especially one who works a lot with men - Trump's incredible level of narcissism has been obvious since he won the nomination in 2016. This video asks what does someone do with power. With Trump in 2016, rather than tack to the center and bring people together, he simply went on his vain, egotistical, maniacal crusade in service of himself. This video does a great job of showing us that history has this lesson for us, but also that it's possible to ignore history and to fall into the service of a weak, ignorant despot. So here we go again.
He won nom 6/16; it was obvious long prior. Greg Palast called him winning Prez 3/16. I called it 11/15! Why? *OUR* narcissism. We can't even handle self-evident truth that OpenBorders (& NoncitizenVoting) MadeAmericaGreat. He's follows Trumpers, not vice versa. Re-watch his infamous POW slur. Right after he said it, the tiny crowd lightly groaned & he did instant 180°, saying "Ok, maybe he's a hero".
He won nom 6/16; it was obvious long prior. Greg Palast called him winning Prez 3/16. I called it 11/15! Why? *OUR* narcissism. We can't even handle self-evident truth that OpenBorders (& NoncitizenVoting) MadeAmericaGreat. He's follows Trumpers, not vice versa. Re-watch his infamous POW slur. Right after he said it, the tiny crowd lightly groaned & he did instant 180°, saying "Ok, maybe he's a hero".
He won nom 6/16; it was obvious long prior. Greg Palast called him winning Prez 3/16. I called it 11/15! Why? *OUR* narcissism. We can't even handle self-evident truth that OpenBorders (& NoncitizenVoting) MadeAmericaGreat. He follows Trumpers, not vice versa. Re-watch his infamous POW slur. Right after he said it, the tiny crowd lightly groaned & he did instant 180°, saying "Ok, maybe he's a hero".
I am an ICU nurse who cared for COVID patients. I work in a large hospital and we saw the sickest of the sick. It is so frustrating to me when the severity of the pandemic is completely dismissed. The heath care system was on the brink of collapse and there was a great deal of collateral damage that was suffered by the mishandling of the pandemic by the Trump administration and the disinformation. We had 3 extra units open. The Navy had to come in and help us. When the vaccines were released the ones who died were overwhelmingly unvaccinated. We were being threatened with violence and the care we were providing patients was obstructed by families who did not trust us. Many of the unvaccinated patients we cared for were MAGA anti-vaxxers and their families made our lives hell. We ran out of gowns and masks. We had to reuse N95s for days. I will never forget the day when a respiratory therapist told me we were down to 1 ventilator and the dark laugh we shared wondering what would happen. The amount of nurses who quit working bedside is staggering. Anyone who worked in direct patient care during the COVID pandemic has some level of PTSD. Hospital systems have found that nurses can do more with less, when pressed, and now that is the standard. Trump and MAGA ideology has had a devastating impact on the heath care system and cannot be understated. The lesson I have learned from Trump's win is that if you tell a lie over and over and over and over again, it becomes the truth. That is exactly what he did and it worked.”
I’m a veteran of the army, a father of four amazing kids, and a patriot. Thank you for sharing this message. It’s unfortunate that Trump will now illustrate this lesson for the poor ignorant souls who bought his misinformation and put him in the seat of power. He won’t remain there, as you predict based on the evidence of history. Perhaps we needed a reminder of what we hold so precious by having a thug try to rip it out of our grasp. Do not lose hope. There are many ways to resist through the law and our collective resources. American democracy isn’t dead quite yet.
As long as people fight back it is not dead. There are many many people and organisations resisting in their own ways. Like planning to flood courts with lawsuits in pro-democracy favourable courts with judges appointed by Clinton, Obama and Biden. Using the power of states against the fed. The exact tactics Republicans used to halt progress when they didn't have power, being used against them.
Vet here as well. Also a fairly rabid right wing dude on more than a few issues. But I had Trump pegged as a con artist early. It's been frustrating to see smart, educated people delude themselves about this guy. Had a buddy of mine - also army buddy. He's a liberal - definately to my left. He also supported Trump over ending overseas wars, because he was a staunch opponent of the Iraq War. Like wtf? I'm a hawk, I believe we need to stand up to our enemies and not be afraid to through our weight around. - but Trump isn't anti-war. He is anti-doing things for good reasons. He'd totally start a war if he saw benefit from it. Which is the problem. This isn't like a debate over if we should force or not. If you voted for Trump because your anti-war, your a fool.
You wish young men were hearing this instead of hearing Andrew Tate - is that what you're saying? I can guarantee Andrew Tate isn't going to hear this (not voluntarily, anyway)! Andrew Tate isn't going to voluntarily listen to anything that suggests Nero is anything more than historical.
Absolutely. I'm Australian and what's happening in America both confuses and terrifies me. How they can't see what kind of man trump is, is baffling. Got yourself a new subscriber here
@@howardgreenman2908yeah? You guys a traitors. You want to talk about seeing Trump for what he is? Yet you refuse to see the entities within our government? You refuse to see how they start proxy wars, manipulate the media, brainwash people into thinking outsiders like Trump can’t be president, degrading our values, and making us poor? If America gets invaded, I have no doubt men like you will be the first to get on all fours. WAKE UP.
@@wiikendsAs a kid I asked my dad how an entire country could be dumb enough to vote for someone like Hitler. He told me that conditions in Germany were really bad between the two World Wars. With the rise of Trump, I realized both were popular for the same reason. They gave people permission to let their worst instincts run riot.
@@brucesmith8285 If the orange combover guy that won't shut up about how smart he is isn't a narcissist then who the f^ck is?! Not too quick on the uptake?
Thank you Ryan, you have no idea how much this video means to me. Especially as a man, so many toxic, disgusting, and shameful men have become pillars of our culture and our government. Men who belittle the weak, who objectify women, and who have nothing but hate in their hearts have gained so much power in our world. Thank you for standing up for what is right even when it’s difficult. You will never be alone in this fight
The way things are right now, it is appreciated to see a man call out the most toxic aspects of "masculinity" for what it really creates. There's a saying that can be summed up as "When you are used to being in power/on top, equality of others can feel like oppression." We are seeing that now. Male supremacy, white supremacy, Christian supremacy, and supremacy of the wealthy have been heavily challenged these past couple of decades and now these people think they have won and they will be able to regain power over all of us once more. It's what they want. But I genuinely believe they will fail. We will all have a rough couple of years, years where we will hopefully learn to truly come together and be in community together without accepting hatred in the process. But by pushing people toward one another that way, because they will be assaulting the basic human rights of the overwhelming majority of the country, they will fail. Trump and everyone around him will fail... just as everyone like them who came before. 💜💜💜
The manosphere/incel flavor isn't true Stoicism. Stoicism emphasizes cosmopolitanism, which means treating the world as part of your community. Stoicism requires admitting when you're wrong and being kind to others when they're wrong. It requires taking care of your fellow man. Stoicism is not compatible with libertarianism. Most importantly, Justice is a core virtue of Stoicism. If you support leaders getting special treatment and escaping justice from the law, you're not a Stoic.
In my industry we call this "toxic positivity". Success elevate leaders to a point they don't hear feedback anymore, it goes to their head and they start making huge mistakes without realising the consequences. When faced with those consequences, they either make excuses, blame something else, or they leave and start another venture somewhere else (usually with diminishing success)
I'm a 40-year-old white dude from Iowa. I fish, I do most of my own car repairs, philosophy was one of my majors in college, and I'm a Never-Trumper. I'm glad to find this channel. Men, especially white guys for this particular problem given voting demographics, need to stand up and speak out and try to persuade our friends to choose the path toward virtue and recognize malevolent leaders when they emerge. If the rest of us don't do it, too many men will be easy prey for the entrapments of the authoritarian right and their designs for theocratic autocracy. 2 of my 3 best friends voted for the man who said he wants to be a dictator. I'm obviously failing at this task currently, but I won't give up and I won't give in.
I grew up in Nebraska and still have family members there. They are all Trumpers. My best friend of years stopped talking to me when he found out that I don't support Trump. We talked all the time and went and played pool together. We'd known each other since we were little kids in school. Even after I relocated for work, we stayed in touch. Then Trump came along, and that was the end. No real discussion or anything, he just stopped texting and talking to me. My parents have passed away, but I do still have a sister and some cousins there. I hear from my sister occasionally, and I text her. A lot of times she doesn't respond for a long time. She sends me the obligatory birthday and holiday texts, but not much more than that. There are millions and millions of people, family and friends, even spouses, who have split because of trump. It's so strange. There isn't a lot of wiggle room; people either love him, or loathe him. But that's not even that important. Our national security is at stake with him, especially given his seven plus private phone calls with Putin over the summer.
I have at least one brother, I expect a second I voted for Trump. I too feel like I've somehow failed them. I think personal fear is what drives this support for Trump. Overcoming fear is more difficult than reason can balance.
It does amaze me how many Trump supporters in these comments are so full of hatred for a man expressing his own opinion, just because it doesn't align with theirs. People who support Trump insist its not a cult, yet they scold literally anyone who criticises him.
Trust me not only in your country! It happened many times, in history and today all over the world. Id like to quote star wars in this matter "fear is the path to the dark side" even though this comes from a movie there is a lot of truth in those words...
Same here. Not even once. Not in 2016, not in 2020 and not now. There was never a time that he ever sounded the least bit appealing or reasonable to me.
Even after all this in the video im not convinced Trump is a narcissist. The little things brought up that trump does arent all true and even the true ones dont indicate hes narcissist, he has said narcissistic things but his actions dont convey; "out right narcissist"
Jordan Peterson busted this myth. Most of the influencers saying trump is a narcissist don't have a background in psychology (including this guy). Or personal experience with trump. Just assumptions
There is a whole book called The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump that was authored in his first term that features a whole bunch of prominent psychologists and psychiatrists detailing his condition. Most name him as a malignant narcissist. As a psychologist I can say basically the entire field sees this in him. I know the hope of that book was to warn people, but the message got lost in all the chaos of that first term.
Everyone accountable for everything they do good or bad let's just keep it real and call it spade a spade call a duck a duck and call a goose a goose please and thank you God Bless America all of you are my brothers and sisters no matter what you think feel or believe
As someone who is a long term student of Taoist and Buddhist philosophy, I have had so many concerns that stoic content creators were just shadow promoters of alt-right philosophy and I am so glad that at the very least your channel has gotten it exactly right. I think this is exactly the conclusion the school of stoicism leads us to.
I believe ted talk UA-cam channel did a video on stoicism which basically said that stoicism is a good thing when you balance it right, it's not bad or good but something to talk into moderation
After the election, a few spiritual/stoic leaders I follow went ‘mask off’ and came out as right wing grifters. Seeing that Ryan did not meant a lot to me.
Please just explain why I should have voted for an administration that wants Russia as an enemy and just authorized the use of long range MISSILES! Genuine question guys I need to understand how you can logically have these conclusions or your comments and this hole video didn’t age well
@@delldickerson8766Case in point. You see it as someone “wanting” an enemy as opposed to the courage to protect allies. If Russia’s borders ever touch Poland, It’s going to be WWIII without question. Russian govt will pick up where it left off if given the opportunity. You fail to see the historical forest for the trees.
@ so then let me ask you this what Russia did with Cuba in the Cold War or if they funded some country close to us to fight a proxy war now how should America retaliate against that and to your point about if Russia ever touches Poland where did you get this info from you think it’s okay to make it more likely to get into ww3 on the bases of an assumption that you accuse Russia of doing but we did that to them with nato under the false idea of protecting allies that are mostly pro Russia how does your conclusion make sense
To all the gentlemen that have commented and connected with this video and information, I thank you. You have restored my faith in men. You have confirmed that there are still "good" men out there and that we (men and women) stand together against the tyranny of oppressive leaders. Thank you gentlemen!! Much love from Canada
Yeah, and if you have an issue with that because you don't understand the full nuance of that discussion, you're not one of the good ones. @@bunnybgood411
The American Empire peaked in power post WW2 and has been in solid decline since. Lost in Vietnam, Iraq x2, Afghanistan....And their power is still falling with the rise of the Brics. May have won the cold war but lost the battle of a healthy democracy in the process.
@@mikenapier3598 I’m not particularly worried about BRICS at all. Russia is toast in the long run. China and India each have their own huge problems. Brazil has great potential but needs very smart guidance. I look at the US historically as a big talker of democracy but it never really practiced it
I wish more people had understood this before voting. It's Depressing and heartbreaking millions of people chose someone unethical, unlawful, narcissistic, uncaring (etc) to represent our country. How could so many millions of people FORGET January 6th....and all the other obviously horrid things he'd done? (Whether they voted or stayed home). America has fallen.
His supporters understood, they simply do not care. His supporters have no attachment to morals, character, or beliefs. They care only for their own ego fulfillment
i will never understand HOW they couldnt see ALL of this. HOW? i have inlaws who are professional educated logical ppl until the mandarin menace. i have less respect for these ppl than I used to. cant help it. maga goes against everything I was under the impression they stood for. you never really know folks.
@@JRoseBooks We knew exactly what we voted for and what we voted against. People were fed up with these media talking points and made their voices heard. Try leaving your echo chamber for once.
@@Kejsaren You might have a very valid point about leaving echo chambers, but you assume that I haven't spent plenty of time doing my own research about politics in the past few years. I don't even watch the news, or doomscroll.... I saw trump's own harmful words & actions over the past decade.....That's why I chose to vote against someone who's shown signs of fascim since 2016, who throws all of his closest supporters under the bus (many have gone to prison for him), who lies constantly, who surrounds himself with unskilled 'yes-men,' someone who is the opposite of Jesus's teachings, and who many CONSERVATIVE Republicans warned us against, etc., etc., etc.. . . . So if you consciously voted for that--congrats you got what you wanted. As an American, it's a bit weird to be proud of that, but okay, that's your right.
Thank you for this episode. So many of us Americans are ignorant about the signs and impact of narcissistic behavior and personality disorder. Too many of us are manipulated easily by narcissists in politics.
@gaffawebber yea, really? Have you. She would bankrupt the country in less than 4 years. Just look how she got billions for her campaign and still got crushed. Facts vs emotion. You should be insulted that they slipped her in there. Sleepy joe would have done better.
It’s unfortunate that there will now be countless consumer protection dismantling rollbacks when Trump starts. Biden passed many consumer protection laws which benefit and protect us, eg: 1. No Medical Surprises Act, 2. The Federal Trade Commission announced final “click-to-cancel” rule that requires sellers to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up. Most of the final rule’s provisions will go into effect 180 days after it is published in the Federal Register. 3. The Biden-Harris Administration announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a final rule that requires airlines to promptly provide passengers with automatic cash refunds when owed. The new rule makes it easy for passengers to obtain refunds when airlines cancel or significantly change their flights, significantly delay their checked bags, or fail to provide the extra services they purchased. 4. Rule for removing medical debt from credit reports 5. Act stopping credit card companies from charging customers late fees higher than $8. Unfortunately a republican federal judge appointed by Trump blocked it. 6. Take a moment to google for more information on the many Biden consumer protection laws he passed for us.
@@QisforQadimif in 4 years four things are better than Americans win. That's a good thing. So why would you look at it as a failure? Conversely if in 4 years America is worse, you'd look to why it is worse.
The best of men are men at best. Just who ls it who lift up and agree with these men in the first place ? They don't get into power in a vacuum. They who feed the monster are the ones who are the problem.
@@wvvwwvwvvfaux, performative patriotism rallying around the mendacity of a wannabe strongman, the most obvious self-serving charlatan in American political history, is delusional and self-evident of both the working class grievances derived from half a century of neoliberal deregulatory, union-busting outsourcing, and special-interest peddling policymaking on the one hand and its entrenchment with three decades of a post-fairness doctrine media landscape of blowhards, conspiracists, propagandists, and tartuffes on the other mainstreaming a John Birch Society-level of lunacy and vapid, unnuanced bumpersticker politics. You, stranger, are one of millions evidently susceptible to it and woefully ill-equipped to overcome it.
As someone who was born in an oppressive regime - please NO! Fight, keep resisting, try to find common ground with people who aren't completely brainwashed. Stay as much human as possible. Act. Please.
It's a hard thing to do, especially when he has so much support. Sometimes I feel like Trump's reputation is held together by groupthink alone, and it makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills (which is exactly what they want, to be fair). Notice that most Trump supporters will never defend his actions on their merits, but by how many others are willing to validate his actions. For example, when Trump does something indefensible and you call it out, their response is often: "Half of the country voted for him, how terrible can he be?" They find strength in their size, and as their numbers grow, so does their ability to otherize and ostracize their critics. And it's very effective, because humans are social creatures. We find it difficult to speak out against the group, and so many join their ranks due to the sheer gravity of their size. Which is exactly why this type of criticism is so necessary. When we remain silent, we allow their influence to grow uncontested. And the more it grows, the easier it is to justify. And the further we drift from our reality & morals.
So how do you explain Joe Biden authorizing the use of long range American missile on Russia right before the transfer of power instead of trump destroying America people like you supporting corruption and war are gonna destroy the world with echo-chamber ideology that has no truth only delusion like yea the guy wanting to stop world war 3 happening because the military industry complex and democrats want to keep funding a war so they can fill their pockets is the bad guy maybe instead only scrolling through social media in your echo-chambers go talk to real people around the world your comment didn’t age well yea let’s vote for an administration that is doing everything they can to get into a conflict with Russia that will save America 👍 get tf out of here I thought stoics were supposed to have reason lmao 😂
Please just explain why I should have voted for an administration that wants Russia as an enemy and just authorized the use of long range MISSILES! Genuine question guys I need to understand how you can logically have these conclusions or your comments and this hole video didn’t age well
@@delldickerson8766Well, anything is better than selling out Ukraine and give Putin complete freedom to do what he wants with other post-Soviet states. I assure u, a rebuilt USSR will be much more dangerous than a puny Russia which can’t even win against a tiny Ukraine. Moreover, if Americans are scared of a country which can’t even beat a puny neighbour, then u guys really need to question ur country’s Superpower status or ur future role in global affairs. 😅
@@delldickerson8766You are clearly a Trump supporter and you're talking about logic? How are you people so out of touch? Almost all of your talking points you only believe because he told you them. I wonder if you've ever had a single independent thought in your life? Somebody tells me you haven't. At least not since 2016.
Thank you for this. As a recovering alcoholic, I've been able to find some of these defects of character within myself. Sometimes I think I can then see those "echos" in others cause I share them. My own arrogance will be my destruction....I love "a man cannot learn that which he already thinks he knows" that's my problem most times, opening my ears and mind.
Assumptions? Only if you ignore history, like Jan. 6. Even since he was reelected, history ALREADY has proved you wrong. Look at the coterie of incompetent,obsequious ass guzzling buffoons Cheeto Jesus has already surrounded himself with for round 2. But just wait, because, alas, it’s gonna get much, much worse. God save the USA…
Chiming in from overseas: thank you for standing up for freedom, logic and decency. The world is going down a dark and twisted path and we will need leaders like Ryan
Thank the gods you've got the balls, principles and intelligence to stand up and tell the truth despite what negative impact this may have on your subscriber count. Thank you.
@@Johnkostercreative congradulations you want to get political and go woke. Well i can tell you marcus was not woke. Just read what he thought about woman. I'll find my stocism elsewhere. The books and videos are free. Ryan pushed his snakeoil anyways. Thank you ryan for showing your true colors.
@@Drixidamus Considering Nero (To whom Trump was being directly compared) A Great Man of the past is making vast assumptions about the definition of Great. Namely, that Great is means "wielding power with enormous cruelty and delusion" which is what Nero did. As does Trump. If you're referring to the Stoic Philosophers as the great men of the past, then you misunderstood the video entirely, as they were not the ones being compared.
I’m a Belgian gardener. And this also came to my mind. The comparison between Trump and Nero. If even I can come to see this. How can’t half of America?? I don’t consider myself to be very educated. Yet …😅 I don’t get it.
@@tim_peaky 33% of the company voted for the felon. Not half. A lot of people are just apathetic and don’t vote. And our country’s education system is poor by design. Idiots are easier to control.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! For being morally courageous and principled. I seriously questioned my sanity as all my family members voted for the Neroesque Narcissist
I bet even mousalini and nero probably washed their hands after going to the bathroom, though the former would be more likely to purge the woke military, and though caligula wasn't above promoting his horse or injecting bleach; good enough comparison and nice to have smart help digging up burst pipes anyway though? Or half caligula half mousalini, putin can be half hitler half stalin, and kim can be half kim half nero maybe?
One of my daughters and a grandson voted for Trump. I am struggling with this, of how to respond if they make a comment. I want to keep my family intact. For now, all I have said is, “this will end badly.” They refuse to have a dialogue about it. They know I am very against Trump.
“Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness - all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.” - Marcus Aurelius
Get over yourself. I swear you people are weak mentally, we sat through 4 years of Joe Biden & Harris and went about our lives. Do the same and stop crying
I've never seen your channel but it takes great courage to make a decision that might negatively affect your career path, just to tell the truth. Respect for this.
I remember when he ran back in 2016. I just so happened to be reading the book. The 48 laws of power. I noticed he did almost all of the laws. My problem back in 2016 was I thought other people were going to see through it. Boy was I wrong in that
@@michaeldoerksen2841 looking back yep it was definitely all there. I think we just tolerated cuz it was just a TV show at the time we weren't living it
Way back in the mid 1980’s; sometime before Trump built his first Atlantic City casino, I was at my dentist’s office and was told there would be a long delay, so I read every magazine in sight. One of them had an article which had the title, “New York Real Estate Magnet talks about the future of the Economy.” It was an interview with Donald Trump. I had never heard of Trump. In the interview Trump said absolutely nothing about the economy. It was just Trump bragging about how much money he had already made, how much more money he would make in the future; and of course, how smart Donald Trump rated himself. I remember thinking, “Who is this clown? There must be something wrong with him. He must be deeply insecure to talk this way.” It was a year or two later when I heard about his first casino and read about Trump’s yacht; which he lost in his first bankruptcy, having a bathroom with supposedly solid gold bathroom fixtures. Then I remembered reading the earlier interview with Trump. With all the National Enquirer front pages that Trump and his various wives have been on and then his stupid fake reality TV show, the creep has never been out of the National consciousness for long. The only thing that surprises me is why more people didn’t see what a narcissistic pathological liar Trump really is.
@@moongoddess5858 seeing people we admire acknowledge reality can be comforting even if said reality is not. Ignoring it and gaslighting people who are pointing out the parallels is far more chilling and terrifying imo.
It's easy, to blame Trump and say all those things about him. Which of course are correct. They are obvious to anyone that can see. However one should not forget that he was voted in office. Twice. And the last time he was voted out by a rather narrow margin. So what we're really dealing with is a population, which likes this type of leader. Which really feels that he's a great choice. It's hard to wrap your head around it when you really think about it. "If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to have selfish, ignorant leaders." - George Carlin
@@CrniWukwon by only 1.6%. Those who did not vote to protest Palestine will now see it totally obliterated. Those who did not vote because of misogyny will see their daughters, wives and children suffer. Those who live in very red states have seen the emboldened behaviors of hatred against anyone they see as different. It will be a very interesting time. Finding a sense of peace wherever possible.
@@hiphoppingalong Like I said. You perfectly illustrate the issue. We can blame Trump all day and rightfully so, for the shit he will do. But at the end of the day, he was voted in office. And that is, what we have to deal with.
A lot of people said the media normalized and coddled him. But it was actually the Republican primary voters that forced his mainstreaming on the country. That's just the dark side of democracy. Only so much journalists can or should do.
Kamala and bidens administration literally gave you a day and gave mentally disabled individuals a month. Veterans will never get the respect they deserve because democrats will only make more of you.
Unfortunately due to Fox Spews and right wing grifters and the sane washing of Drumps lies and ignorance by the general media have lead to truth and reality being on life support in the USA and the next few years will decide whether the plug is pulled or not....either way you Fu*ked this USA.
wow, i sure many people didn’t expect it. Most of public figures are afraid to take side in these kind of situations, look like courage and virtue applied in practical life.
I mean, all that aside, someone would need to have some cognitive impairment to not see Trump as a complete narcissist. The reality is those people like him knowing he is a narcissist with no backbone of character, because they themselves lack it, that's just a fact.
What use is courage and virtue if it’s not applied within justice . This video feels more like a narrative than an objective analysis. I agree with some of his points but he is calling out one without calling out the other. Should he not also analyze Harris’s behavior. Is a stoic not meant to make unbiased judgments.
@danishmasih7455 that's just silly, why reference someone else other than Trump for narcissistic behavior? Ok you're right that Trump could be compared to Orban for example. It just looks like you're trying to dilute Trump narcissism by bringing others.
@@ChauvinistTroll I disagree. He is right in calling out trump. But if he is a stoic then he should be calling out Harris as well. That is simply what a stoic ought to do for the sake of justice. The fact is that alot of this criticism can be applied to Harris. One example is that she completely denied any accountability for the border crisis and the 300,000 missing children. She can’t even have her own thoughts without it being planned. Nothing she says is profound because of her constant word salad. It is incompetence at is finest, like Nero. Wouldn’t you rather have a narcissist leader in office who got stuff done, rather than an incompetent leader who on the outside may seem selfless. But aside from my political opinions. We as stoics should be looking at both sides with equal effort as we are rational beings. Not pushing a narrative about only one politician without critiquing the opposition. Also by you saying “you’re trying to dilute trumps narcissism by bringing in others” it seems like you acknowledge that by bringing in the fault of Harris, Trump doesn’t look so bad. This is extreme bias. So what, should we say that we shouldn’t talk about the bad of the other candidates so we can get them to win? Absolutely not. If you are practicing stoicism, please think rationality and with justice.
Narcissists don’t have big egos. They have a sprung a big leak in the bottom of their ego when growing up. That’s why they have to constantly top up on validation.
@ I was not educated in the US fortunately and have known about and studied the Roman Empire for years. The characteristics of each emperor has been established and this particular emperor was certainly not based on an opinion.
@@shannon2003 Nobody is saying that the emperor is based on an opinion, whatever that even means. Are you deliberately trying to miss/avoid my point? Seems that way.
Ryan, you are a brave man who tells it like it is. The comparison of Trump to Nero is obvious, but brilliant. If only more of our citizens understood what we have allowed and will endure. Our only hope is that free press and expression persists. Then we can say "This too shall pass.". Thank you.
There were over 7 million Covid-19 deaths worldwide with over 1.2 million in the US. It’s estimated that over 400K of deaths in the US may have been avoidable due to mismanagement, which is almost as many as we lost in WWII.
Nothing in human history hasn't happened to man before, and "Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear" -Marcus Aurelius. Thanks for this reminder! We will be fine the next 4 years we just need to control what we can.
There will be damage though, and the country will have to rebuild from a diminished state. It was quite bad at the end of the last term, and the recovery from those four years is still ongoing. Not just the economy, but the loss of confidence in the US abroad(reneging on hard-won deals), the near successful coup that rattled the foundations of US democracy and the open and blatant corruption and nepotism.
Many of us may very well not be fine. Many of us could be deported to camps in the south, die from pregnancy complications, go hungry or get evicted... To simply say "All will be fine" ignores the dangerous reality of the upcoming administration.
Hi Ryan, I'm a 17 years old who belongs to India and i just wanna tell you that stoicism philosophy had so much effects on me. I'm better at studies than i just to be. I'm better at relationships, temperament, over thinking and all sorts of things because of both reading about stoicism and 'Bhagawat Geeta' which is the go to holy book that is full of daily required wisdom for us hindus. Bhagawat geeta tells me about the duties and responsibilities i have toward the world and my surroundings and stoicism is like a magfiying glass that keeps the check of my day to day improvement and weaknesses. It has helped me alot to improve, get better, focus on my studies, not wasting time, make something of myself. Can't wait to improve even more and read tons of stoic philosophy. Thanks !!!
I'm glad you're reading books that improve your life, and help you strive to grow and be a better person. For me, back when I was your age, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, was the book that helped me learn to focus on what's important.
You just put an intriguing question in my head. I wonder if the famous Roman stoic philosophers had read the Bhagawat Geeta (I don't know that one) or the Vedas (I know a tiny bit about the Vedas). They must have had access to these texts and there seems to be (I think - but I could be wrong) a great deal of philosophical similarity.
For the last 2 weeks I have stayed away from politics. Tried to let my disappointment settle before I react. These teachings have helped me through some really tough times and I did not want to throw away all that I have learned in some fit of rage. This video was great and I sent it my brother and some other disappointed people I know. Keep doing what you are doing. Thank you.
Donald Trump has transformed American politics into a veritable pornography. If sex is an important part of a normal life, then pornography is a gross distortion by stripping it of love. I am hardly alone in m shock that Donald Trump could get re-elected. Few of us have any political activity in our lives outside of participation in elections. So it was with me due to some cardiac incidents related to problems in my GI tract. Those have been resolved, but my distress with Trump is not. Until 2026, about all that I can do is to try to subvert Trumpism with kindness, charity, and conscience that Trump cannot offer. Maybe people who supported Trump will find themselves in distress from bad consequences of his nearly-certain misrule. If he could mangle the response to a pandemic, just wait until the economy tanks. We have an inverted yield curve that presages an economic meltdown, and I expect Trump to try to solve it with bigger tariffs and bigger tax cuts. Trump is obviously not a student of philosophy, economics, or history. I contrast his predecessor, who might be a brilliant man of wide-ranging education who never had to call attention to his personal brilliants. Results would justify him or repudiate him. I can say this: the next conservative President that we have who will be at all effective and not destructive will act much more like Obama than like Trump even if he is an arch-conservative. It's good to have a President who has a cozy relationship with the Armed Forces and the intelligence services. Trump is intellectually lazy, which is fine for someone without great discretion on the job. For people like him, formal education and great wealth are literal pearls before swine. Trump will waste them. I cannot claim to great wisdom, as I have little read the stoic philosophers. At the least I have the Bible at my disposal for ethical issues. For the next two years I will get more out of the stoic philosophers than I can get out of current events and the celebrity circus that Trump has so exploited.
Unfortunately it has just been getting worse after the initial disappointment. He really is following up on his promise to run the country like a dictator. His nominations prove it.
@ we can only focus on what is in our ability to change. Protect and love those around you. Disengage for a while. We voted and it didn’t go our way. That’s not to say it won’t ever go our way again. This man will have to blatantly embarrass and dishonor himself until the he people realize he is not who they think he is.
@@valleyboy8189 There may well never again be a free and fair federal election in the US. It's a realistic possibility. The dishonor of the last 20 years did not seem to do any damage to Republicans.
I've reached a point where I listen to learn, rather than focusing on who else should be hearing the message. I recognize that if something triggers me, it's an indication of what I need to work on. There's no need to worry about others; they'll come to their lessons in their own time when they're ready.
This was great analysis and perspective. I’m a lifelong republican and a never-trumper starting from his golden elevator speech. I’m heartbroken at the recent election.
Thank you for this, Ryan. Much needed in our times. When I first delved into Stoic philosophy over a decade ago, I never expected to face a Nero in my lifetime. I am grateful to have received some degree of inoculation against what is to come.
In the UK we had PM Boris Johnson, I said that he would fail in 2019, due to his character, people said I was being stupid. Boris Johnson married his first wife and had affairs, we do not know how many children and terminated pregnancies from these affairs. Boris Johnson married his second wife had four children with her, but also had affairs, we do not how many children and unwanted pregnancies happened due to these affairs. Boris Johnson left his second wife when she had cancer for a woman old enough to be his daughter. Boris Johnson has been sacked from the Times newspaper for making up quotes and as a Shadow minister for lying. As London mayor he was lazy and not interested in the actual job only the status. In Brexit referendum he lied just to obtain power, in the end he fell due to lying. People asked me how did I know that he would fail to me it is about character. Donald Trump is heading for a failure on a massive scale due to his character and he will severely hurt the American people as well.
I'm coming back to this video after two days because of how important it is to describe the times we are living in. I'm grateful to be able to read a lot of observant and wise comments. I sense in them a distance that we need to see clearly. Strangely there is a tenderness in that distance. Like a look of patient love. Love of reality.
thank you for making this video. i have been repeatedly shocked by media figures playing into or ignoring the obvious delusions and personal incompetence of 45.
@brucesmith8285 Have you read the part of the Bible where god impregnates a 14 year old girl while she slept? Ofc gods children aren't for sale, he wants them for himself.
@@brucesmith8285 yes, call trump out for being a sinner! Jesus would not stand with trump today. Trump is the antithesis to everything Jesus stood for. Let’s talk about it. Let’s also talk about how the Bible was mistranslated! Nothing in the Bible condemned homosexuality. It was “men laying with boys” that was condemned. Really interesting to see how modern-day conservatives have twisted the Bible into something unrecognizable. Thanks for starting the conversation, Bruce.
please just explain why I should have voted for an administration that wants Russia as an enemy and just authorized the use of long range MISSILES! Genuine question guys I need to understand why you have such a strong position on something you haven’t seen play out technically it already did in 2016 but please let’s have a conversation I need to understand
@@delldickerson8766 The short answer is that Trump's Presidency threatens the very fiber of US Democracy. The US is far from perfect, human nature being what it is. But bringing in a crew of billionaires that flout the law and own the judges doesn't bode well for it's freedoms.
@@delldickerson8766just because we are criticizing one leader doesn’t mean we support the other, it’s like someone saying ‘I hate apples’ and someone else retorts with ‘so you must love oranges’
@@grassCrow The key point here is the distinction between addressing a person’s behavior and addressing the person themselves. In the video, the focus is on analyzing Trumps actions and explaining why those behaviors are neither Stoic nor constructive. It critiques the behavior, not the individual behind it. This distinction may be easy to overlook, but it’s crucial to understanding the intent. Now, let’s look at your comment. You accuse Ryan Holiday of being a grifter. Wouldn’t it be more productive to identify specific behaviors or arguments of his that you find untrue or problematic? Your statement lacks context or evidence, so why should anyone trust it? This is precisely the kind of approach the video critiques-focusing on attacking a person instead of engaging with their ideas or actions.
This is helping me recover from some abusive people that I loved in my life. Many of them just never evolved as human beings because they were know-it-alls. They didn't take responsibility from a lot of their behaviors and false promises. This is so healing for me. Thank you.
@@grassCrow Bad deeds deserve blame and shame. We know the cause, most of which is either gross ignorance or gross disregard of consequences. The minimal standard of morality is to do no harm.
@@colamity_5000 That was the figure for Manhattan I believe, not the entire State of New York. The people in his own neighborhood, who knew him best, detest him, and have for decades.
Oh Hundreds of millions see it! It was a 49% win. And remember, most disastrous, that millions who DID vote for him also knew it! For many its a feature not a flaw...
@@jcwoodman5285 but I meant the whole "better yourself" and podcasting niche. That somehow turned fascist. It is beyond me how someone with 49% will now rule over the US as a quasi King.
I think there's a really good quote for the part about ego vanity and the unwillingness to learn and change. "Men freely believe that which they desire to be true" and "truth has yet to do as much good in the world as the appearance of truth has done evil"
Thank you. These comments are amazing as well. You made a huge difference in my life years ago. And again, this has helped shape my thoughts, feelings and reactions for the better. This is truly a great, thoughtful community. I’m grateful.
Because Democrats played games for 12 years. Bernie Sanders was drawing bigger crowds than Trump in my red state back in 2016. Trump wouldn't have bested him. We didn't get here by accident.
@@Drixidamusthe Democrats played a part in it but that doesn't excuse people voting for a guy like trump. There's something wrong with anyone's character that sees that guy as a reasonable alternative to anything
@@AuntieMamiesthe presidential election is not a character contest, it's about who has the best policies to deal with our problems, the reality is the media has done so much pantering to make trump look worse than he actually is, no one cares that he isn't a saint
@@DrixidamusI mean that’s fair to an extent, but I’m surprised no one really care about January 6th. That should have made everything else a moot point.
The daily stoic has been an incredible part of my life for years and I'm glad to see you taking a stand on this. Like many I've really struggled to comprehend why anyone would support Trump, it led to heated discussions and a lot of people being upset with me. But I never for once doubted that it's important to speak the truth, especially when it becomes something that gets violent people's attention. I only hope that enough of us does what we can to save what we can. For us and those who come after us.
If anyone listens to this and does not see the complete parallel of Nero and trump is so ignorant or is just as gullible as following the person who speaks exactly how they feel 🤔 Excellent video...this will be shared!
I'm here for the comments , i still don't understand how Americans love freedom but keep asking for a King
Because they actually want a king. They don't want freedom! They want brown people in internment camps and women in the kitchen having baby after baby. They see themselves as an empire. They deserve their economy to collapse which will if trump has his way with tariffs and deportation of the cheap labor force. They also deserve tulsi gabbard and kristi noem to hand over all your military secrets to putin. they deserve to be dragooned into putin's wars. which they likely will be. the rest of the world don't deserve it. But only the self induced collapse of the US will have any chance of saving it.
Americans love the freedom to, for the rest of the world it’s freedom from.
I'm American and I thought I understood this country. I clearly don't.
The loud minority does, most of us don't... and since we don't screech at, and try to force our views on, everyone else... the loud, ignorant and easily led minority becomes the stereotype for the USA' culture. Which is utterly embarrassing and infuriating....
I believe solidarity is key, more specifically, class solidarity... if we ever hope to disrupt the status quo of oligarchs running our politics and policy.
We have got to get big money and lobby groups outlawed from having any influence over policy.
The USA seems to have become the very thing they were running from, at the founding.
@@april6620I thought the same until after the election results. Trump represents the majority unfortunately. Well, they messed around and they’re about to find out. Could’ve had 4 years of relative prosperity, but instead they chose chaos.
If you lose some of your support because of this, just remember that you are saying what needs to be said.
We need to be able to pay the price for self-respect. The price for selling yourself is paid with pieces of yourself and that's something we can't give away.
@@feelingoffbalancewell put
Brilliant oratory..... You are ARRIVED❤
Agreed
Why they call him Ballsy Holly
As a psychologist, - especially one who works a lot with men - Trump's incredible level of narcissism has been obvious since he won the nomination in 2016. This video asks what does someone do with power. With Trump in 2016, rather than tack to the center and bring people together, he simply went on his vain, egotistical, maniacal crusade in service of himself. This video does a great job of showing us that history has this lesson for us, but also that it's possible to ignore history and to fall into the service of a weak, ignorant despot. So here we go again.
I can confirm all you wrote. I've taught teens ( mostly boys) for 3- decades & it's horrendous...
So true!
He won nom 6/16; it was obvious long prior. Greg Palast called him winning Prez 3/16. I called it 11/15! Why? *OUR* narcissism. We can't even handle self-evident truth that OpenBorders (& NoncitizenVoting) MadeAmericaGreat.
He's follows Trumpers, not vice versa. Re-watch his infamous POW slur. Right after he said it, the tiny crowd lightly groaned & he did instant 180°, saying "Ok, maybe he's a hero".
He won nom 6/16; it was obvious long prior. Greg Palast called him winning Prez 3/16. I called it 11/15! Why? *OUR* narcissism. We can't even handle self-evident truth that OpenBorders (& NoncitizenVoting) MadeAmericaGreat.
He's follows Trumpers, not vice versa. Re-watch his infamous POW slur. Right after he said it, the tiny crowd lightly groaned & he did instant 180°, saying "Ok, maybe he's a hero".
He won nom 6/16; it was obvious long prior. Greg Palast called him winning Prez 3/16. I called it 11/15! Why? *OUR* narcissism. We can't even handle self-evident truth that OpenBorders (& NoncitizenVoting) MadeAmericaGreat.
He follows Trumpers, not vice versa. Re-watch his infamous POW slur. Right after he said it, the tiny crowd lightly groaned & he did instant 180°, saying "Ok, maybe he's a hero".
I am an ICU nurse who cared for COVID patients. I work in a large hospital and we saw the sickest of the sick. It is so frustrating to me when the severity of the pandemic is completely dismissed. The heath care system was on the brink of collapse and there was a great deal of collateral damage that was suffered by the mishandling of the pandemic by the Trump administration and the disinformation. We had 3 extra units open. The Navy had to come in and help us. When the vaccines were released the ones who died were overwhelmingly unvaccinated. We were being threatened with violence and the care we were providing patients was obstructed by families who did not trust us. Many of the unvaccinated patients we cared for were MAGA anti-vaxxers and their families made our lives hell. We ran out of gowns and masks. We had to reuse N95s for days. I will never forget the day when a respiratory therapist told me we were down to 1 ventilator and the dark laugh we shared wondering what would happen. The amount of nurses who quit working bedside is staggering. Anyone who worked in direct patient care during the COVID pandemic has some level of PTSD. Hospital systems have found that nurses can do more with less, when pressed, and now that is the standard. Trump and MAGA ideology has had a devastating impact on the heath care system and cannot be understated. The lesson I have learned from Trump's win is that if you tell a lie over and over and over and over again, it becomes the truth. That is exactly what he did and it worked.”
Trump lifted lockdowns and encouraged not to wear masks
seconding this
Thank you for sharing this, this should be pinned, 🫶
@@Tad-For-Global-Peace and people say Trump was good president, way he handled covid was disaster.
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I’m a veteran of the army, a father of four amazing kids, and a patriot. Thank you for sharing this message. It’s unfortunate that Trump will now illustrate this lesson for the poor ignorant souls who bought his misinformation and put him in the seat of power. He won’t remain there, as you predict based on the evidence of history. Perhaps we needed a reminder of what we hold so precious by having a thug try to rip it out of our grasp. Do not lose hope. There are many ways to resist through the law and our collective resources. American democracy isn’t dead quite yet.
As long as people fight back it is not dead. There are many many people and organisations resisting in their own ways. Like planning to flood courts with lawsuits in pro-democracy favourable courts with judges appointed by Clinton, Obama and Biden. Using the power of states against the fed. The exact tactics Republicans used to halt progress when they didn't have power, being used against them.
Vet here as well. Also a fairly rabid right wing dude on more than a few issues.
But I had Trump pegged as a con artist early. It's been frustrating to see smart, educated people delude themselves about this guy.
Had a buddy of mine - also army buddy. He's a liberal - definately to my left. He also supported Trump over ending overseas wars, because he was a staunch opponent of the Iraq War.
Like wtf? I'm a hawk, I believe we need to stand up to our enemies and not be afraid to through our weight around. - but Trump isn't anti-war. He is anti-doing things for good reasons. He'd totally start a war if he saw benefit from it. Which is the problem. This isn't like a debate over if we should force or not.
If you voted for Trump because your anti-war, your a fool.
Excellent comment
I really needed to hear what you said. Thank you so much.
That was all very well said.
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities" Voltaire
J6.
True
@@Soapandwater6 American evangelicals
I have this as a bumpersticker on my car. Unfortunately, I think that the folks who need to understand this quote are incapable of doing so.
@@carolkristian1146 It’s over their heads.
I wish young men were hearing this instead of listening to andrew tate.
Facts
Yes, the tate and encel stuff are the opposite of men's therapy.
Andrew Tate creates unstable angry man.
or ben shapiro or fuentes....creeps
You wish young men were hearing this instead of hearing Andrew Tate - is that what you're saying? I can guarantee Andrew Tate isn't going to hear this (not voluntarily, anyway)! Andrew Tate isn't going to voluntarily listen to anything that suggests Nero is anything more than historical.
Absolutely. I'm Australian and what's happening in America both confuses and terrifies me. How they can't see what kind of man trump is, is baffling. Got yourself a new subscriber here
Half the country voted against Trump. They (we) see him for what he is.
It's sad to say but sooo many people here are completely uninformed . The younger people don't even watch the news or read a news paper .
@@howardgreenman2908yeah? You guys a traitors. You want to talk about seeing Trump for what he is? Yet you refuse to see the entities within our government? You refuse to see how they start proxy wars, manipulate the media, brainwash people into thinking outsiders like Trump can’t be president, degrading our values, and making us poor? If America gets invaded, I have no doubt men like you will be the first to get on all fours. WAKE UP.
one word: brainwashed
He also unleashed what this country was built upon: power, racism & hiding the real truth
@@wiikendsAs a kid I asked my dad how an entire country could be dumb enough to vote for someone like Hitler. He told me that conditions in Germany were really bad between the two World Wars. With the rise of Trump, I realized both were popular for the same reason. They gave people permission to let their worst instincts run riot.
Huge credit to you for being willing to call out Trump for what he is.
Yes, I agree..... the American people should expect much turmoil and uncertainty....
@@janm2473 maybee some order, common sense, removal or corruption, and justice.
@@brucesmith8285 If the orange combover guy that won't shut up about how smart he is isn't a narcissist then who the f^ck is?! Not too quick on the uptake?
@@brucesmith8285I live here so I hope so, but all evidence points to the contrary.
@@brucesmith8285well not for the next 4 years. Now we will have our own Nero
Thank you Ryan, you have no idea how much this video means to me. Especially as a man, so many toxic, disgusting, and shameful men have become pillars of our culture and our government. Men who belittle the weak, who objectify women, and who have nothing but hate in their hearts have gained so much power in our world.
Thank you for standing up for what is right even when it’s difficult. You will never be alone in this fight
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They will fail.
Thank you James ✌️
The way things are right now, it is appreciated to see a man call out the most toxic aspects of "masculinity" for what it really creates. There's a saying that can be summed up as "When you are used to being in power/on top, equality of others can feel like oppression." We are seeing that now. Male supremacy, white supremacy, Christian supremacy, and supremacy of the wealthy have been heavily challenged these past couple of decades and now these people think they have won and they will be able to regain power over all of us once more. It's what they want. But I genuinely believe they will fail. We will all have a rough couple of years, years where we will hopefully learn to truly come together and be in community together without accepting hatred in the process. But by pushing people toward one another that way, because they will be assaulting the basic human rights of the overwhelming majority of the country, they will fail. Trump and everyone around him will fail... just as everyone like them who came before. 💜💜💜
@@coreychipman Keep telling yourself that.
Glad to see Daily Stoic didnt bend to the tate flavor of stoicism
The manosphere/incel flavor isn't true Stoicism. Stoicism emphasizes cosmopolitanism, which means treating the world as part of your community.
Stoicism requires admitting when you're wrong and being kind to others when they're wrong. It requires taking care of your fellow man. Stoicism is not compatible with libertarianism.
Most importantly, Justice is a core virtue of Stoicism. If you support leaders getting special treatment and escaping justice from the law, you're not a Stoic.
I doubt that Tate could even properly define the term.
Tate isn't stoic. He's misappropriated the concept.
@@kin-of-orakio I've tried to explain that to his worshippers. ...it didn't work.
Tate is NO STOIC
In my industry we call this "toxic positivity". Success elevate leaders to a point they don't hear feedback anymore, it goes to their head and they start making huge mistakes without realising the consequences. When faced with those consequences, they either make excuses, blame something else, or they leave and start another venture somewhere else (usually with diminishing success)
I'm a 40-year-old white dude from Iowa. I fish, I do most of my own car repairs, philosophy was one of my majors in college, and I'm a Never-Trumper. I'm glad to find this channel.
Men, especially white guys for this particular problem given voting demographics, need to stand up and speak out and try to persuade our friends to choose the path toward virtue and recognize malevolent leaders when they emerge. If the rest of us don't do it, too many men will be easy prey for the entrapments of the authoritarian right and their designs for theocratic autocracy.
2 of my 3 best friends voted for the man who said he wants to be a dictator. I'm obviously failing at this task currently, but I won't give up and I won't give in.
I grew up in Nebraska and still have family members there. They are all Trumpers. My best friend of years stopped talking to me when he found out that I don't support Trump. We talked all the time and went and played pool together. We'd known each other since we were little kids in school. Even after I relocated for work, we stayed in touch. Then Trump came along, and that was the end. No real discussion or anything, he just stopped texting and talking to me. My parents have passed away, but I do still have a sister and some cousins there. I hear from my sister occasionally, and I text her. A lot of times she doesn't respond for a long time. She sends me the obligatory birthday and holiday texts, but not much more than that. There are millions and millions of people, family and friends, even spouses, who have split because of trump. It's so strange. There isn't a lot of wiggle room; people either love him, or loathe him. But that's not even that important. Our national security is at stake with him, especially given his seven plus private phone calls with Putin over the summer.
keep up with what you do. its people like you who we need if we want to win against fascism.
I have at least one brother, I expect a second I voted for Trump. I too feel like I've somehow failed them. I think personal fear is what drives this support for Trump. Overcoming fear is more difficult than reason can balance.
You’re a fool if you think a “narcissist” is worse than a puppet Marxists. Read some history.
More men like you needed for sure
I’m sorry if this video loses you subscribers, but know that your courage to speak the truth has earned both my subscription and my respect
Hear, hear 👏
Mine too!
yea, this video shows he is just grifting stoicism and is starting a club for TDS
Same
@@grassCrow You people are so predictable lol
It does amaze me how many Trump supporters in these comments are so full of hatred for a man expressing his own opinion, just because it doesn't align with theirs. People who support Trump insist its not a cult, yet they scold literally anyone who criticises him.
You could replace Trump with Harris and you will still be correct. Red and Blue are both cults. Look beyond your echo chamber.
Exactly how cult members behave. Only the Divine Orange Cult Leader knows the truth. Everyone else in the whole world is lying to them.
They prove it's a cult through their own words and actions
It's a cult
@@aschmitty9427 a cult, indeed. People in a cult never know they are in a cult.
Common sense is often blinded by hate and fear in this country.
Jus commenting before someone says "projecting" and dismisses everything you've said it happens so often I'm sorry 😞
100%
The Democrats lack common sense.
Trust me not only in your country! It happened many times, in history and today all over the world. Id like to quote star wars in this matter "fear is the path to the dark side" even though this comes from a movie there is a lot of truth in those words...
No matter what happens, I at least can be proud I never fell for it, not even for a moment.
That’s how I feel
Same here. Not even once. Not in 2016, not in 2020 and not now. There was never a time that he ever sounded the least bit appealing or reasonable to me.
We are all in the find out stage together but at least we were not the ones opening the door for it.
Exactly
Even after all this in the video im not convinced Trump is a narcissist. The little things brought up that trump does arent all true and even the true ones dont indicate hes narcissist, he has said narcissistic things but his actions dont convey; "out right narcissist"
Finally!!! Someone actually talking about the obvious narcissist personality disorder of Trump!
To be fair, I've heard it talked about for several years now . . . Maybe the algorhythms just aren't showing it to you.
You have no clue.
Jordan Peterson busted this myth.
Most of the influencers saying trump is a narcissist don't have a background in psychology (including this guy). Or personal experience with trump. Just assumptions
@@mariosanpedro9782he displays every trait
There is a whole book called The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump that was authored in his first term that features a whole bunch of prominent psychologists and psychiatrists detailing his condition. Most name him as a malignant narcissist. As a psychologist I can say basically the entire field sees this in him. I know the hope of that book was to warn people, but the message got lost in all the chaos of that first term.
We stopped demanding better out of leaders, because we stopped demanding better of ourselves.
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Everyone accountable for everything they do good or bad let's just keep it real and call it spade a spade call a duck a duck and call a goose a goose please and thank you God Bless America all of you are my brothers and sisters no matter what you think feel or believe
THIS!!!!
Entitled to be regarded as goddesses, the others are expected to disappear from the face of the earth.
Damn, spitting facts
finally, a stoic youtube channel who isn’t completely delusional about current events. Subscribed.
As someone who is a long term student of Taoist and Buddhist philosophy, I have had so many concerns that stoic content creators were just shadow promoters of alt-right philosophy and I am so glad that at the very least your channel has gotten it exactly right. I think this is exactly the conclusion the school of stoicism leads us to.
I believe ted talk UA-cam channel did a video on stoicism which basically said that stoicism is a good thing when you balance it right, it's not bad or good but something to talk into moderation
After the election, a few spiritual/stoic leaders I follow went ‘mask off’ and came out as right wing grifters. Seeing that Ryan did not meant a lot to me.
Please just explain why I should have voted for an administration that wants Russia as an enemy and just authorized the use of long range MISSILES! Genuine question guys I need to understand how you can logically have these conclusions or your comments and this hole video didn’t age well
@@delldickerson8766Case in point. You see it as someone “wanting” an enemy as opposed to the courage to protect allies. If Russia’s borders ever touch Poland, It’s going to be WWIII without question. Russian govt will pick up where it left off if given the opportunity. You fail to see the historical forest for the trees.
@ so then let me ask you this what Russia did with Cuba in the Cold War or if they funded some country close to us to fight a proxy war now how should America retaliate against that and to your point about if Russia ever touches Poland where did you get this info from you think it’s okay to make it more likely to get into ww3 on the bases of an assumption that you accuse Russia of doing but we did that to them with nato under the false idea of protecting allies that are mostly pro Russia how does your conclusion make sense
To all the gentlemen that have commented and connected with this video and information, I thank you. You have restored my faith in men. You have confirmed that there are still "good" men out there and that we (men and women) stand together against the tyranny of oppressive leaders. Thank you gentlemen!! Much love from Canada
I second this
Just men?
Yeah, and if you have an issue with that because you don't understand the full nuance of that discussion, you're not one of the good ones. @@bunnybgood411
@@bunnybgood411 I think the reference is related to what we are seeing a lot of from mostly men all across social media and news.
From Canada??? Will you sponsor my immigration???
They always fail, but after doing horrific damage
Bingo !
This is the comment!
so basically, trump's probably gonna kill america or start world war 3 and that's when trump dies after billions of innocents have already perished
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@@hansolo3003 you guys love to skip the fact that he was already president and everything was just fine lol
This is the best analysis of Trump I have ever heard . Better than anyone publicly and privately. Thank you for the great insights.
This vid is going to be so fire in 4 years
I think 6 months
It’s fire now!
Trumpers no wall having ass got trumped 😂
Unless it’s taken down. This shit is serious. Some will be silenced.
Leopards would be full by then.
It boggles my mind how 45/47 isn’t held accountable for January 6th. There is truly something terribly wrong with this country.
I lost any faith in the US after Sandy Hook. That country peaked a while ago
Privileges only given to dictators
Nothing happened to Wall St executives after 2008, either.
The American Empire peaked in power post WW2 and has been in solid decline since. Lost in Vietnam, Iraq x2, Afghanistan....And their power is still falling with the rise of the Brics. May have won the cold war but lost the battle of a healthy democracy in the process.
@@mikenapier3598 I’m not particularly worried about BRICS at all. Russia is toast in the long run. China and India each have their own huge problems.
Brazil has great potential but needs very smart guidance.
I look at the US historically as a big talker of democracy but it never really practiced it
I wish more people had understood this before voting. It's Depressing and heartbreaking millions of people chose someone unethical, unlawful, narcissistic, uncaring (etc) to represent our country. How could so many millions of people FORGET January 6th....and all the other obviously horrid things he'd done? (Whether they voted or stayed home). America has fallen.
I agree, Trump shows the black soul of America. 😢
His supporters understood, they simply do not care. His supporters have no attachment to morals, character, or beliefs. They care only for their own ego fulfillment
i will never understand HOW they couldnt see ALL of this. HOW? i have inlaws who are professional educated logical ppl until the mandarin menace. i have less respect for these ppl than I used to. cant help it. maga goes against everything I was under the impression they stood for. you never really know folks.
@@JRoseBooks We knew exactly what we voted for and what we voted against. People were fed up with these media talking points and made their voices heard. Try leaving your echo chamber for once.
@@Kejsaren You might have a very valid point about leaving echo chambers, but you assume that I haven't spent plenty of time doing my own research about politics in the past few years. I don't even watch the news, or doomscroll.... I saw trump's own harmful words & actions over the past decade.....That's why I chose to vote against someone who's shown signs of fascim since 2016, who throws all of his closest supporters under the bus (many have gone to prison for him), who lies constantly, who surrounds himself with unskilled 'yes-men,' someone who is the opposite of Jesus's teachings, and who many CONSERVATIVE Republicans warned us against, etc., etc., etc.. . . . So if you consciously voted for that--congrats you got what you wanted. As an American, it's a bit weird to be proud of that, but okay, that's your right.
Good job getting this to an audience that wouldn't normally hear it.
Like me! I never thought l could understand ANYTHING about stoicism.
Thank you for this episode. So many of us Americans are ignorant about the signs and impact of narcissistic behavior and personality disorder. Too many of us are manipulated easily by narcissists in politics.
@@triple_sec0 did you ever read up on kamala? How she became a prosecuter.
@@triple_sec0 and what about kamala? Have you ever read up on her?
@@brucesmith8285 "WhataboutKamala", is the bulk of the right-wing thought process. The balance is Trump worship.
@brucesmith8285 really?
@gaffawebber yea, really? Have you. She would bankrupt the country in less than 4 years. Just look how she got billions for her campaign and still got crushed. Facts vs emotion. You should be insulted that they slipped her in there. Sleepy joe would have done better.
"It's impossible to learn that which you think you already know"
I like that one 🙂
This video is probably gonna age like fine wine
It’s unfortunate that there will now be countless consumer protection dismantling rollbacks when Trump starts. Biden passed many consumer protection laws which benefit and protect us, eg:
1. No Medical Surprises Act,
2. The Federal Trade Commission announced final “click-to-cancel” rule that requires sellers to make it as easy for consumers to cancel their enrollment as it was to sign up. Most of the final rule’s provisions will go into effect 180 days after it is published in the Federal Register.
3. The Biden-Harris Administration announced the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a final rule that requires airlines to promptly provide passengers with automatic cash refunds when owed. The new rule makes it easy for passengers to obtain refunds when airlines cancel or significantly change their flights, significantly delay their checked bags, or fail to provide the extra services they purchased.
4. Rule for removing medical debt from credit reports
5. Act stopping credit card companies from charging customers late fees higher than $8. Unfortunately a republican federal judge appointed by Trump blocked it.
6. Take a moment to google for more information on the many Biden consumer protection laws he passed for us.
This is the sad thing sometimes about being ‘right’.. I wish you weren’t right but you probably will be
@ yea i wish i wasnt either. Probably bad times comingz
@@Techtalk2030 If in four years things are better, will you remember this? Or hide from it?
@@QisforQadimif in 4 years four things are better than Americans win. That's a good thing. So why would you look at it as a failure?
Conversely if in 4 years America is worse, you'd look to why it is worse.
THANK YOU! Anyone who has a problem with video this is unfortunately not living in reality.
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.”
History would get expelled for plagiarism at this point.
The best of men are men at best. Just who ls it who lift up and agree with these men in the first place ? They don't get into power in a vacuum. They who feed the monster are the ones who are the problem.
TDS is terminal
@@wvvwwvwvv Grow up before it's too late
@@wvvwwvwvvfaux, performative patriotism rallying around the mendacity of a wannabe strongman, the most obvious self-serving charlatan in American political history, is delusional and self-evident of both the working class grievances derived from half a century of neoliberal deregulatory, union-busting outsourcing, and special-interest peddling policymaking on the one hand and its entrenchment with three decades of a post-fairness doctrine media landscape of blowhards, conspiracists, propagandists, and tartuffes on the other mainstreaming a John Birch Society-level of lunacy and vapid, unnuanced bumpersticker politics. You, stranger, are one of millions evidently susceptible to it and woefully ill-equipped to overcome it.
Stoicism will help us all survive the next few years.
Sadly the republicans have been setting this up since the Clinton era and especially with George bush jr
Everyone who cares about our Democratic Republic needs ACT and not sit down and watch America fall.
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As someone who was born in an oppressive regime - please NO! Fight, keep resisting, try to find common ground with people who aren't completely brainwashed. Stay as much human as possible. Act. Please.
@@martavdz4972That's what California is already doing !
I commend you for making this video. It takes guts to speak out against a cult leader
It's a hard thing to do, especially when he has so much support. Sometimes I feel like Trump's reputation is held together by groupthink alone, and it makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills (which is exactly what they want, to be fair).
Notice that most Trump supporters will never defend his actions on their merits, but by how many others are willing to validate his actions. For example, when Trump does something indefensible and you call it out, their response is often: "Half of the country voted for him, how terrible can he be?"
They find strength in their size, and as their numbers grow, so does their ability to otherize and ostracize their critics. And it's very effective, because humans are social creatures. We find it difficult to speak out against the group, and so many join their ranks due to the sheer gravity of their size.
Which is exactly why this type of criticism is so necessary. When we remain silent, we allow their influence to grow uncontested. And the more it grows, the easier it is to justify. And the further we drift from our reality & morals.
So how do you explain Joe Biden authorizing the use of long range American missile on Russia right before the transfer of power instead of trump destroying America people like you supporting corruption and war are gonna destroy the world with echo-chamber ideology that has no truth only delusion like yea the guy wanting to stop world war 3 happening because the military industry complex and democrats want to keep funding a war so they can fill their pockets is the bad guy maybe instead only scrolling through social media in your echo-chambers go talk to real people around the world your comment didn’t age well yea let’s vote for an administration that is doing everything they can to get into a conflict with Russia that will save America 👍 get tf out of here I thought stoics were supposed to have reason lmao 😂
Please just explain why I should have voted for an administration that wants Russia as an enemy and just authorized the use of long range MISSILES! Genuine question guys I need to understand how you can logically have these conclusions or your comments and this hole video didn’t age well
@@delldickerson8766Well, anything is better than selling out Ukraine and give Putin complete freedom to do what he wants with other post-Soviet states. I assure u, a rebuilt USSR will be much more dangerous than a puny Russia which can’t even win against a tiny Ukraine. Moreover, if Americans are scared of a country which can’t even beat a puny neighbour, then u guys really need to question ur country’s Superpower status or ur future role in global affairs. 😅
@@delldickerson8766You are clearly a Trump supporter and you're talking about logic? How are you people so out of touch? Almost all of your talking points you only believe because he told you them. I wonder if you've ever had a single independent thought in your life? Somebody tells me you haven't. At least not since 2016.
Thank you for this. As a recovering alcoholic, I've been able to find some of these defects of character within myself. Sometimes I think I can then see those "echos" in others cause I share them. My own arrogance will be my destruction....I love "a man cannot learn that which he already thinks he knows" that's my problem most times, opening my ears and mind.
I didn’t expect this from your channel, but I am very pleased to see and hear it. Good work. Good guts. Thank you.
Its just assumptions...
@wvvwwvwvv what did he say that was wrong?
Assumptions? Only if you ignore history, like Jan. 6.
Even since he was reelected, history ALREADY has proved you wrong. Look at the coterie of incompetent,obsequious ass guzzling buffoons Cheeto Jesus has already surrounded himself with for round 2.
But just wait, because, alas, it’s gonna get much, much worse. God save the USA…
Chiming in from overseas: thank you for standing up for freedom, logic and decency. The world is going down a dark and twisted path and we will need leaders like Ryan
Thank the gods you've got the balls, principles and intelligence to stand up and tell the truth despite what negative impact this may have on your subscriber count. Thank you.
I agree courage is one of the virtues and he nailed it!! 😊 to risk his business so he can tell the truth is absolutly admirable.
@@Johnkostercreative congradulations you want to get political and go woke. Well i can tell you marcus was not woke. Just read what he thought about woman. I'll find my stocism elsewhere. The books and videos are free. Ryan pushed his snakeoil anyways. Thank you ryan for showing your true colors.
@@brucesmith8285What's woke in this context? What does that even mean?
"You dare suggest the emperor wears no clothes???"
@@jakes658he has no idea
Without true inner dialogue and an ability to self judge people cannot work well in society
"It's impossible to learn what you think you already know." That's a great quote. It reminds me of the Dunning Kruger effect.
This video is gonna make a lot of fake stoics angry
Nailed it lol. People saying this will cost him subscribers but those people weren’t stoics to begin with
It’s a great weed-out video.
Stoicism is when you vote for Democrats.
i disagree, watched it I love Trump. I don't have an issue about it, he's expressed an opinion and I have mine. Yet we walk the same stoic journey
@loving trump and stoicism is an oxymoron
FINALLY SOMEONE MADE A VIDEO COMPARING THE TWO!!!! THANK YOU!
He didn't though. He compared Trump to great men of the past.
@@DrixidamusNero?
@@Drixidamus Considering Nero (To whom Trump was being directly compared) A Great Man of the past is making vast assumptions about the definition of Great. Namely, that Great is means "wielding power with enormous cruelty and delusion" which is what Nero did. As does Trump.
If you're referring to the Stoic Philosophers as the great men of the past, then you misunderstood the video entirely, as they were not the ones being compared.
I’m a Belgian gardener. And this also came to my mind. The comparison between Trump and Nero. If even I can come to see this. How can’t half of America?? I don’t consider myself to be very educated. Yet …😅 I don’t get it.
@@tim_peaky 33% of the company voted for the felon. Not half. A lot of people are just apathetic and don’t vote. And our country’s education system is poor by design. Idiots are easier to control.
A Voice Of Clarity And Substance
Thank you for not shying away from current politics! This teaching is so valuable!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! For being morally courageous and principled. I seriously questioned my sanity as all my family members voted for the Neroesque Narcissist
Ooooh! Can I borrow that term???
I bet even mousalini and nero probably washed their hands after going to the bathroom, though the former would be more likely to purge the woke military, and though caligula wasn't above promoting his horse or injecting bleach; good enough comparison and nice to have smart help digging up burst pipes anyway though? Or half caligula half mousalini, putin can be half hitler half stalin, and kim can be half kim half nero maybe?
One of my daughters and a grandson voted for Trump. I am struggling with this, of how to respond if they make a comment. I want to keep my family intact. For now, all I have said is, “this will end badly.” They refuse to have a dialogue about it. They know I am very against Trump.
@@Cherrysmith2809can you be involved with those with morals that support such a person?
My family is crazy too . I stay away from them.
“Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness - all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil.”
- Marcus Aurelius
I think I will put this on a canvas and stick it on my wall.
That's good stuff!!!!
Get over yourself. I swear you people are weak mentally, we sat through 4 years of Joe Biden & Harris and went about our lives. Do the same and stop crying
I've never seen your channel but it takes great courage to make a decision that might negatively affect your career path, just to tell the truth.
Respect for this.
Anyone who knows the basic red flags of narcissism saw what Donald Trump was years ago.
I remember when he ran back in 2016. I just so happened to be reading the book. The 48 laws of power. I noticed he did almost all of the laws. My problem back in 2016 was I thought other people were going to see through it. Boy was I wrong in that
It was evident just watching his TV show
@@michaeldoerksen2841 looking back yep it was definitely all there. I think we just tolerated cuz it was just a TV show at the time we weren't living it
I have seen little donny as trash for over 40 years. To me he has always represented the "American ideal".
Way back in the mid 1980’s; sometime before Trump built his first Atlantic City casino, I was at my dentist’s office and was told there would be a long delay, so I read every magazine in sight. One of them had an article which had the title, “New York Real Estate Magnet talks about the future of the Economy.” It was an interview with Donald Trump.
I had never heard of Trump. In the interview Trump said absolutely nothing about the economy. It was just Trump bragging about how much money he had already made, how much more money he would make in the future; and of course, how smart Donald Trump rated himself. I remember thinking, “Who is this clown? There must be something wrong with him. He must be deeply insecure to talk this way.”
It was a year or two later when I heard about his first casino and read about Trump’s yacht; which he lost in his first bankruptcy, having a bathroom with supposedly solid gold bathroom fixtures. Then I remembered reading the earlier interview with Trump. With all the National Enquirer front pages that Trump and his various wives have been on and then his stupid fake reality TV show, the creep has never been out of the National consciousness for long. The only thing that surprises me is why more people didn’t see what a narcissistic pathological liar Trump really is.
Much support, Ryan. Thank You for calling out the obvious BS. Been in a massive state of grief since the election, so this was comforting.
Enlighten me as to how you think this is comforting. Frankly, I find it to be chilling and terrifying.
@@moongoddess5858 seeing people we admire acknowledge reality can be comforting even if said reality is not.
Ignoring it and gaslighting people who are pointing out the parallels is far more chilling and terrifying imo.
It's easy, to blame Trump and say all those things about him. Which of course are correct. They are obvious to anyone that can see. However one should not forget that he was voted in office. Twice. And the last time he was voted out by a rather narrow margin. So what we're really dealing with is a population, which likes this type of leader. Which really feels that he's a great choice. It's hard to wrap your head around it when you really think about it.
"If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to have selfish, ignorant leaders." - George Carlin
Millions of people did not support DJT in the Election.⚖️
@carlettesouthern-robert2992 yes but sadly not enough.
@@CrniWukwon by only 1.6%. Those who did not vote to protest Palestine will now see it totally obliterated. Those who did not vote because of misogyny will see their daughters, wives and children suffer. Those who live in very red states have seen the emboldened behaviors of hatred against anyone they see as different. It will be a very interesting time. Finding a sense of peace wherever possible.
@@hiphoppingalong Like I said. You perfectly illustrate the issue. We can blame Trump all day and rightfully so, for the shit he will do.
But at the end of the day, he was voted in office. And that is, what we have to deal with.
A lot of people said the media normalized and coddled him. But it was actually the Republican primary voters that forced his mainstreaming on the country. That's just the dark side of democracy. Only so much journalists can or should do.
The world is lost to dissonance and idiocy . Thanks for assisting in leading people to a path of ascension and knowledge.
I commend you, brother! Keep up the good work.
Veterans against Trump!
Thank you for your service and your common sense.
Kamala and bidens administration literally gave you a day and gave mentally disabled individuals a month. Veterans will never get the respect they deserve because democrats will only make more of you.
Hey brother! Same here
Wow, it's like you take your oath seriously
Although I respect your opinions you do not speak for all veterans.
Fantasy is where narcissists live and thrive...Reality and truth is their kryptonite...
Unfortunately due to Fox Spews and right wing grifters and the sane washing of Drumps lies and ignorance by the general media have lead to truth and reality being on life support in the USA and the next few years will decide whether the plug is pulled or not....either way you Fu*ked this USA.
Ehhhh.. ngomong nyaw😂😂😂😂
Damn
Wish I were there 😂😂😂
@niningsetia4213
In reality?
...I don't understand tha first half
wow, i sure many people didn’t expect it. Most of public figures are afraid to take side in these kind of situations, look like courage and virtue applied in practical life.
Hes doing what's right even if it's not easy. He's inspired me. The guy has a million followers and he's standing up to a literal mob of people
I mean, all that aside, someone would need to have some cognitive impairment to not see Trump as a complete narcissist.
The reality is those people like him knowing he is a narcissist with no backbone of character, because they themselves lack it, that's just a fact.
What use is courage and virtue if it’s not applied within justice . This video feels more like a narrative than an objective analysis. I agree with some of his points but he is calling out one without calling out the other. Should he not also analyze Harris’s behavior. Is a stoic not meant to make unbiased judgments.
@danishmasih7455 that's just silly, why reference someone else other than Trump for narcissistic behavior? Ok you're right that Trump could be compared to Orban for example. It just looks like you're trying to dilute Trump narcissism by bringing others.
@@ChauvinistTroll I disagree. He is right in calling out trump. But if he is a stoic then he should be calling out Harris as well. That is simply what a stoic ought to do for the sake of justice. The fact is that alot of this criticism can be applied to Harris. One example is that she completely denied any accountability for the border crisis and the 300,000 missing children. She can’t even have her own thoughts without it being planned. Nothing she says is profound because of her constant word salad. It is incompetence at is finest, like Nero. Wouldn’t you rather have a narcissist leader in office who got stuff done, rather than an incompetent leader who on the outside may seem selfless. But aside from my political opinions. We as stoics should be looking at both sides with equal effort as we are rational beings. Not pushing a narrative about only one politician without critiquing the opposition. Also by you saying “you’re trying to dilute trumps narcissism by bringing in others” it seems like you acknowledge that by bringing in the fault of Harris, Trump doesn’t look so bad. This is extreme bias. So what, should we say that we shouldn’t talk about the bad of the other candidates so we can get them to win? Absolutely not. If you are practicing stoicism, please think rationality and with justice.
Narcissists don’t have big egos. They have a sprung a big leak in the bottom of their ego when growing up. That’s why they have to constantly top up on validation.
You are doing the right thing and will be punished for doing so. Still, you do it. It is not an act; you are a real stoic.
Most Trump voters would not watch a video like this.
This is why we must have a country of educated people.
Good luck with that. Most people are like you; they think being informed means watching opinionated UA-cam videos.
@ I was not educated in the US fortunately and have known about and studied the Roman Empire for years. The characteristics of each emperor has been established and this particular emperor was certainly not based on an opinion.
@@shannon2003 Nobody is saying that the emperor is based on an opinion, whatever that even means. Are you deliberately trying to miss/avoid my point? Seems that way.
Open boarders, rasing taxes, and more welfare is educated?
@@brucesmith8285 You know how it is; "educated" is just the set of people that agree with them. And "uneducated" is the set of people that disagree.
Ryan, you are a brave man who tells it like it is. The comparison of Trump to Nero is obvious, but brilliant. If only more of our citizens understood what we have allowed and will endure. Our only hope is that free press and expression persists. Then we can say "This too shall pass.". Thank you.
Most Trump supporters don’t know history or who Nero was unfortunately.
Stoics tell it like it is, or they’re not stoics.
@@tico78742 Sounds like a Stoic response.
There were over 7 million Covid-19 deaths worldwide with over 1.2 million in the US. It’s estimated that over 400K of deaths in the US may have been avoidable due to mismanagement, which is almost as many as we lost in WWII.
What's even more tragic is how many of those 400k likely served in WW2
@@jonathangilmore446 Excellent point, which hasn't been made before, to my knowledge:(
This was a marvellous podcast. You showed how history repeats itself over and over. I'm worried about the next 4 years.
If you're not worried, you're not paying attention. We can overcome.
Nothing in human history hasn't happened to man before, and "Nothing happens to anybody which he is not fitted by nature to bear" -Marcus Aurelius. Thanks for this reminder! We will be fine the next 4 years we just need to control what we can.
There will be damage though, and the country will have to rebuild from a diminished state. It was quite bad at the end of the last term, and the recovery from those four years is still ongoing. Not just the economy, but the loss of confidence in the US abroad(reneging on hard-won deals), the near successful coup that rattled the foundations of US democracy and the open and blatant corruption and nepotism.
Many of us may very well not be fine. Many of us could be deported to camps in the south, die from pregnancy complications, go hungry or get evicted... To simply say "All will be fine" ignores the dangerous reality of the upcoming administration.
Thank you for taking a stand, where many bend the knee, thinking only about their wallet.
The evil is always destroying itself. Just keep them from destroying the world.
Hi Ryan, I'm a 17 years old who belongs to India and i just wanna tell you that stoicism philosophy had so much effects on me. I'm better at studies than i just to be. I'm better at relationships, temperament, over thinking and all sorts of things because of both reading about stoicism and 'Bhagawat Geeta' which is the go to holy book that is full of daily required wisdom for us hindus. Bhagawat geeta tells me about the duties and responsibilities i have toward the world and my surroundings and stoicism is like a magfiying glass that keeps the check of my day to day improvement and weaknesses. It has helped me alot to improve, get better, focus on my studies, not wasting time, make something of myself. Can't wait to improve even more and read tons of stoic philosophy. Thanks !!!
as a lawyer who hold on the guita and meditations, keep going kid, hope you have the live you want. keep it up!
Great self awareness!
I'm glad you're reading books that improve your life, and help you strive to grow and be a better person.
For me, back when I was your age, The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, was the book that helped me learn to focus on what's important.
You just put an intriguing question in my head. I wonder if the famous Roman stoic philosophers had read the Bhagawat Geeta (I don't know that one) or the Vedas (I know a tiny bit about the Vedas). They must have had access to these texts and there seems to be (I think - but I could be wrong) a great deal of philosophical similarity.
Hello friend from India, best wishes to you! Glad we can share the stoics' teachings.
For the last 2 weeks I have stayed away from politics. Tried to let my disappointment settle before I react. These teachings have helped me through some really tough times and I did not want to throw away all that I have learned in some fit of rage. This video was great and I sent it my brother and some other disappointed people I know. Keep doing what you are doing. Thank you.
Trump won the 2024 election. Let's gooooooo!!!!!!! President Trump !!!!
Donald Trump has transformed American politics into a veritable pornography. If sex is an important part of a normal life, then pornography is a gross distortion by stripping it of love. I am hardly alone in m shock that Donald Trump could get re-elected.
Few of us have any political activity in our lives outside of participation in elections. So it was with me due to some cardiac incidents related to problems in my GI tract. Those have been resolved, but my distress with Trump is not.
Until 2026, about all that I can do is to try to subvert Trumpism with kindness, charity, and conscience that Trump cannot offer. Maybe people who supported Trump will find themselves in distress from bad consequences of his nearly-certain misrule. If he could mangle the response to a pandemic, just wait until the economy tanks. We have an inverted yield curve that presages an economic meltdown, and I expect Trump to try to solve it with bigger tariffs and bigger tax cuts.
Trump is obviously not a student of philosophy, economics, or history. I contrast his predecessor, who might be a brilliant man of wide-ranging education who never had to call attention to his personal brilliants. Results would justify him or repudiate him. I can say this: the next conservative President that we have who will be at all effective and not destructive will act much more like Obama than like Trump even if he is an arch-conservative. It's good to have a President who has a cozy relationship with the Armed Forces and the intelligence services.
Trump is intellectually lazy, which is fine for someone without great discretion on the job. For people like him, formal education and great wealth are literal pearls before swine. Trump will waste them. I cannot claim to great wisdom, as I have little read the stoic philosophers. At the least I have the Bible at my disposal for ethical issues. For the next two years I will get more out of the stoic philosophers than I can get out of current events and the celebrity circus that Trump has so exploited.
Unfortunately it has just been getting worse after the initial disappointment. He really is following up on his promise to run the country like a dictator. His nominations prove it.
@ we can only focus on what is in our ability to change. Protect and love those around you. Disengage for a while. We voted and it didn’t go our way. That’s not to say it won’t ever go our way again. This man will have to blatantly embarrass and dishonor himself until the he people realize he is not who they think he is.
@@valleyboy8189 There may well never again be a free and fair federal election in the US. It's a realistic possibility.
The dishonor of the last 20 years did not seem to do any damage to Republicans.
I reposted on FB. Everyone should listen to this.
Sadly, they won't.
Never seen your channel, but you’re standing up for what is right and you have my respect and I’m subbing.
This is the BEST UA-cam video I have seen in 2024. Thank you for the historical comparisons, analysis and for your obvious kindness.
"Nero can kill me but he can't harm me". Speechless!
thank you! idk how people ignore that the man has 0 character
I've reached a point where I listen to learn, rather than focusing on who else should be hearing the message. I recognize that if something triggers me, it's an indication of what I need to work on. There's no need to worry about others; they'll come to their lessons in their own time when they're ready.
Well said.
“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”
― Augustine of Hippo
This was great analysis and perspective. I’m a lifelong republican and a never-trumper starting from his golden elevator speech. I’m heartbroken at the recent election.
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COPE AND SEETHE 🤪
@@gottfriedhubget help
@@nedaltrebor8553 YES, YOU TOO! COPE HARD, SEETHE HARD!!!
@@gottfriedhubget help
Thank you for this, Ryan. Much needed in our times.
When I first delved into Stoic philosophy over a decade ago, I never expected to face a Nero in my lifetime. I am grateful to have received some degree of inoculation against what is to come.
Courage is alive and well! Thank you posting for this video.
In the UK we had PM Boris Johnson, I said that he would fail in 2019, due to his character, people said I was being stupid.
Boris Johnson married his first wife and had affairs, we do not know how many children and terminated pregnancies from these affairs.
Boris Johnson married his second wife had four children with her, but also had affairs, we do not how many children and unwanted pregnancies happened due to these affairs.
Boris Johnson left his second wife when she had cancer for a woman old enough to be his daughter.
Boris Johnson has been sacked from the Times newspaper for making up quotes and as a Shadow minister for lying.
As London mayor he was lazy and not interested in the actual job only the status.
In Brexit referendum he lied just to obtain power, in the end he fell due to lying.
People asked me how did I know that he would fail to me it is about character.
Donald Trump is heading for a failure on a massive scale due to his character and he will severely hurt the American people as well.
I'm coming back to this video after two days because of how important it is to describe the times we are living in. I'm grateful to be able to read a lot of observant and wise comments. I sense in them a distance that we need to see clearly. Strangely there is a tenderness in that distance. Like a look of patient love. Love of reality.
Thank you for phrasing it like that. I will take it with me. Thank you. /Gen
thank you for making this video. i have been repeatedly shocked by media figures playing into or ignoring the obvious delusions and personal incompetence of 45.
This is a story as old as time. It's too bad people will suffer.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”
Great lesson. Well presented. Well referenced. ❤
Proverbs 29:12 “If a ruler pays attention to liars, all his advisors will be wicked”. When the ruler is the chief liar, we know what will happen.
Don't quote the Bible hypocrite. The book denoces lgtbq and wicked lying rules like kamala and Biden family.
Wow!!
Did you read the rest of the Bible about sin and the sodimites?
@brucesmith8285 Have you read the part of the Bible where god impregnates a 14 year old girl while she slept? Ofc gods children aren't for sale, he wants them for himself.
@@brucesmith8285 yes, call trump out for being a sinner! Jesus would not stand with trump today. Trump is the antithesis to everything Jesus stood for. Let’s talk about it.
Let’s also talk about how the Bible was mistranslated! Nothing in the Bible condemned homosexuality. It was “men laying with boys” that was condemned.
Really interesting to see how modern-day conservatives have twisted the Bible into something unrecognizable. Thanks for starting the conversation, Bruce.
"Like all incompetent overmatched leaders, Nero is unable to do the job." Ah yes.
please just explain why I should have voted for an administration that wants Russia as an enemy and just authorized the use of long range MISSILES! Genuine question guys I need to understand why you have such a strong position on something you haven’t seen play out technically it already did in 2016 but please let’s have a conversation I need to understand
@@delldickerson8766 The short answer is that Trump's Presidency threatens the very fiber of US Democracy. The US is far from perfect, human nature being what it is. But bringing in a crew of billionaires that flout the law and own the judges doesn't bode well for it's freedoms.
@@delldickerson8766 Because you didn't vote. You are a bot and Russia is our Enemy. Always.
delldickerson is a russian bot
@@delldickerson8766just because we are criticizing one leader doesn’t mean we support the other, it’s like someone saying ‘I hate apples’ and someone else retorts with ‘so you must love oranges’
One day this video will be looked back upon as providence.
I am glad you have the courage to still talk about this. Makes me have faith in reason and in the American people.
Turns out some people who thought they were stoic are completely wrong about that. Great Video!
yea, the author of this video is apparently a grifter
@@grassCrowExplain how you came to this conclusion?
@@grassCrow This doesn't sound like Stoicism to me. Wouldn't a true Stoic address the arguments and assertions rather than attack the person?
@@Louis-ln8wo the video attacks a person
@@grassCrow The key point here is the distinction between addressing a person’s behavior and addressing the person themselves. In the video, the focus is on analyzing Trumps actions and explaining why those behaviors are neither Stoic nor constructive. It critiques the behavior, not the individual behind it. This distinction may be easy to overlook, but it’s crucial to understanding the intent.
Now, let’s look at your comment. You accuse Ryan Holiday of being a grifter. Wouldn’t it be more productive to identify specific behaviors or arguments of his that you find untrue or problematic? Your statement lacks context or evidence, so why should anyone trust it? This is precisely the kind of approach the video critiques-focusing on attacking a person instead of engaging with their ideas or actions.
This is helping me recover from some abusive people that I loved in my life. Many of them just never evolved as human beings because they were know-it-alls. They didn't take responsibility from a lot of their behaviors and false promises. This is so healing for me. Thank you.
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That doesn't sound very stoic of you. Still blaming others.
@@grassCrowBlaming someone because they abuse you is a pretty valid form of blaming. If someone kills your daughter, will you blame her?
@@grassCrow Bad deeds deserve blame and shame. We know the cause, most of which is either gross ignorance or gross disregard of consequences. The minimal standard of morality is to do no harm.
@@LalaDepala_00Did she put herself in that situation?
You are one of the only people to see Trump for what he is.
Never thought you are going to be the one who is still sane after this election.
Thank you
Millions of people see who Trump is. Did you ever hear what his vote share was in New York State in 2016? 5%. His home town knew him from the start.
@@PxThucydides5%? Are you insane?
@@colamity_5000 That was the figure for Manhattan I believe, not the entire State of New York. The people in his own neighborhood, who knew him best, detest him, and have for decades.
Oh Hundreds of millions see it! It was a 49% win. And remember, most disastrous, that millions who DID vote for him also knew it!
For many its a feature not a flaw...
@@jcwoodman5285 but I meant the whole "better yourself" and podcasting niche. That somehow turned fascist.
It is beyond me how someone with 49% will now rule over the US as a quasi King.
I think there's a really good quote for the part about ego vanity and the unwillingness to learn and change.
"Men freely believe that which they desire to be true" and "truth has yet to do as much good in the world as the appearance of truth has done evil"
Thank you for standing your ground stating the obvious. Theyre taking advantage of people who lack proper knowledge nowadays 16:32
Thank you. These comments are amazing as well. You made a huge difference in my life years ago. And again, this has helped shape my thoughts, feelings and reactions for the better. This is truly a great, thoughtful community. I’m grateful.
Trump's character flaws are so comically obvious, how could he be elected.
Because Democrats played games for 12 years. Bernie Sanders was drawing bigger crowds than Trump in my red state back in 2016. Trump wouldn't have bested him. We didn't get here by accident.
Because theirs are too
@@Drixidamusthe Democrats played a part in it but that doesn't excuse people voting for a guy like trump. There's something wrong with anyone's character that sees that guy as a reasonable alternative to anything
@@AuntieMamiesthe presidential election is not a character contest, it's about who has the best policies to deal with our problems, the reality is the media has done so much pantering to make trump look worse than he actually is, no one cares that he isn't a saint
@@DrixidamusI mean that’s fair to an extent, but I’m surprised no one really care about January 6th. That should have made everything else a moot point.
Yeah, the trouble is, they also drag millions of others with them to hell.
Ryan, I’m impressed. To say what is painfully obvious but, as you know, extremely dangerous shows what the stoics would have called “cojones”
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@@JasminemPolyanthum I love how Trump supporters don't realize just how bad they screwed themselves 😂
Refreshing to see one of my favorite thinkers exhibit conviction, courage and steadfastness in times like these
The daily stoic has been an incredible part of my life for years and I'm glad to see you taking a stand on this. Like many I've really struggled to comprehend why anyone would support Trump, it led to heated discussions and a lot of people being upset with me. But I never for once doubted that it's important to speak the truth, especially when it becomes something that gets violent people's attention. I only hope that enough of us does what we can to save what we can. For us and those who come after us.
If anyone listens to this and does not see the complete parallel of Nero and trump is so ignorant or is just as gullible as following the person who speaks exactly how they feel 🤔
Excellent video...this will be shared!
Thank you for taking a stand. Stoicism is appropriate for this time, and this cause.
Thank you for reminding us that this has happened over and over again through history.
This is nothing new.
Unfortunately now we are the ones who have to live through it.
My cross country road trip has one stop in Texas...Your book store...Thanks for putting this together...I'm going to watch this with my teenage sons
thank you Ryan for bringing light to this subject. much needed.