
35. Stoicism and bullying
Philosophy as a Way of Life
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The Pseudo-Stoic Approach to Bullying
Stoicism says you shouldn't have emotions so if you have emotions, you just kind of pretend you don't and see how that works. So I guess the pseudo stoic approach would be suck it up; life wasn't meant to be easy. And while sort of in some ways, sort of letting things unfold is probably more likely to mean you're going to survive for a little bit longer than somebody who does kind of punch back. Another thing to consider is what's going to happen if these kind of workplace behaviors are facilitated, just the cultures just get a lot worse.
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