They Are Cut Off From Truth | A Little Better Every Day
The Daily Stoic
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🗓️ 20 January 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Millions of people have been cut off from the truth. We can be sympathetic to this without assenting to it.
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| 1:07.9 | Welcome to the Daily Stoic podcast. Each day we bring you a meditation inspired by the ancient Stoics illustrated with stories from history, current events, and literature to help you be better at what you do. |
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| 1:33.7 | So let's get into it. |
| 1:49.4 | They are cut off from truth. |
| 1:53.8 | Chances are you're not that angry at the victims of Bernie Madoff. |
| 1:56.4 | You don't get mad at someone in a bad relationship. |
| 1:57.4 | You help them get out. |
| 2:02.3 | You feel sorry for someone who has been brainwashed into a cult or a multi-level marketing scheme. And yet when it comes to politics or culture war issues, specifically today's political |
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