OMG, this is so helpful to me right now. At age 56 have been finally accurately diagnosed as being bipolar type 1. Stoicism helps us be more resilient to tough through things. I think corporate America Love this And is promoting it. And I, especially as a male, was all about continuing to feed into hard work will get me rewards thing. Most Americans who realizing balance is the key. But epicurianism is quite un -American capitalist. I have to have calm in peace in my life so it's not too sitting off my mania and range or put me into suicidal ideation depression. I will definitely be studying this more.

Rich people care about their neighbourhood. Poor just want to eat.

Does anyone take offense that this is a negative term against white people that doesn’t really apply in many places? In toronto, many white people are being pushed out by rising house prices due to foreign ownership. Over 50% of the city wasn’t born here and rising. Is that still gentrification?

I find it interesting in the context of ”gentrification” that the discussion often posits that some neighbourhoods should remain poor forever, sort of like outdoor museums where you can see the poor in their natural habitat.

Not trying to be rude here, but if you're being serious, sounds like you would benefit from seeing a therapist.

That or working out and picking up drinking/smoking, that's the perfect combo to perceive a state of happiness

That's true of many of the philosophers whose influence has survived from the ancient period to modern day, but not all of them. A couple counterexamples off the top of my head: the Stoic philosopher Epictetus was born into slavery, and the Cynic philosopher Diogenes allegedly spent long stretches of his life variously homeless or enslaved.

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I was done with this topic but the way you worded the title has drawn me back in

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Studying epicureanism may have helped my depression in college, actually.

I like this rebuttal, but you can go back and forth on both sides for eternity. Humans are selfish in nature. We birth (mostly) at our own convenience. The babe didn't ask to be a product of convenience, but it happened any way. Suffering is the cause of growth. If the world was to be erased of all suffering. Everyone would be objectively the same.

Friedrich Nietzsche was right. For those who may not know who Friedrich Nietzsche is, he was a German philosopher and author from 1844-1900. His primary philosophical foundation was Nihilism. However, he went on to create the philosophy of "Übermech" (also known as "overman" or "superman") which can be rougly defined as an idealized version of ones self. Übermech has an insatiable lust for power. Not in the normal way we see power presented through lust, but power in growth. Power in ones self. Power in your mind. To achieve this power, Nietzsche came up with an endless system to reach it. Self dissatisfaction> self improvement> self rediscovery> self dissatisfaction> self improvement.. etc etc. This is the circle of self-overcoming. If we have our own "why" in life, we'll get along just fine. The most significant of his teachings (which I will draw back to later) is his theory of suffering. Life is full of suffering, this is a lesson all of us learn. However, it's not a matter of "if", but "for what". In the words of Nietzsche, "The meaningless of suffering, not suffering itself, was the curse that layover mankind so far." Arguably, Nietzsche is one of the most significant philosophers history has gave us. Point being, his beliefs will never become quixotic. While humanity and science and economy and society and the minds evolve, I doubt there will be a time where we find ourselves without need for self improvement. To push that, I doubt there will be a time where we find ourselves without need for suffering. To suffer is to grow, and to grow is to suffer. Point of foreshadowing and explanation of his teachings, it is important that we as people, especially in the state of our world right now, reflect on our own growth. Are we dissatisfied with ourselves? Are we improving? Are we rediscovering? One can't rely heavily on an outside source to give them a sense of fulfillment, because we can only receive what we give ourselves. Thank you for your time.

Money is either a necessity or a luxury, depending on the amount.

People of lower SES don't "like money", they need it. They don't have an alternative but to participate in the economic system.

The wealthy like money. It benefits them and can be used to acquire desired objects and experiences. But even they are bound to the economic system, just in a less stringent capacity.

What form is that?

Jiggle theory

I agree with you that zoning laws are heinous. I disagree with you on rent control, there’s a reason market economies work and it’d be pretty weird if they didn’t work for this one thing. Price controls cause shortages, full stop.

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Rent control keeps vulnerable people from being displaced, which is the issue with gentrification. What causes housing market failure and urban stagnation isn't primarily rent control, it's a bunch of other policies that stem from the days of segregation and zoning laws to prevent changes to neighborhoods.

Rent control is a tried and tested way to cause failure in a housing market and stagnate urban areas

Financial conquest is violence.

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Man i think you can answer your own question here, do your own research on rent control. And yes i saw you wrote a whole different response, deleted it and rewrote it. This new response isn't any better....