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What's up, everyone's doing OK in a hectic day.

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Our.

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East time president.

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Is a.

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Apparently is OK with going into other countries

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and kidnapping their leaders.

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I was thinking about doing a stream on specifically that,

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but everyone's talking about it.

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And I had this show on my head for.

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For a while now, a show on Seneca.

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And so I'm going to cover some Seneca and then I'll open it up to.

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Some calls.

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The stream yard is on the rumble of wherever you may be listening.

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Go to the rumble channel.

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Link is in the description and the stream yard will be there.

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So if you want to talk about all the craziness going on,

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then we can do it.

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That's fine.

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Right now I want to I want to talk about some Seneca.

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I think it's.

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I think it would be cool.

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What's up, George, you're the only one here.

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And.

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Yeah, I never know if people is going to be tuning in when I do these kind of

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live shows, but it doesn't matter.

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I want to do the show.

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Irregardless of the situation.

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So.

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I've been going down these rabbit holes for a philosophy for a while now.

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And it has really fascinated me.

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And this week in particular.

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I really started going down.

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When down Seneca, I listened to the his letters to Lucilius,

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which was freaking amazing.

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The version that I listened to.

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Is by Vox Legendi YouTube channel.

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And it has the modern English.

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The link is in the bottom of the description.

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So if anyone wants to listen to it, it's about six hours.

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And.

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Again, it's in modern English.

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I can't listen to that Shakespearean translation nonsense.

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First of all.

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He wrote this 2000 years ago.

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English wasn't even a thing 2000 years ago.

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So why people try to translate it into.

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Experien English is beyond me.

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I don't get it.

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It's freaking stupid.

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It's it's I don't know.

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All right, it's not my cup of tea.

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I can't do it.

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So this version is modern English.

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You anyone can understand it and it's freaking on fire.

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I've listened to it three times already, three times over.

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And.

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I want to go over the good, the bad and the ugly,

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just like I did when I did the Marcus O'Reilly show.

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Me, the these letters were

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truly amazing when you realize that they were written 2000 years ago.

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You're like, God, damn, this dude was full of knowledge.

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And one of my favorite things.

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In these letters to Lucille is so he was in exile when he wrote these

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letters, he was exiled.

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I'm going to go through a little bit of his history.

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You know, give you a little bit of his background.

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But when he wrote these letters, he was exiled.

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And so I guess to keep busy to keep from going crazy.

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He was writing these letters to his home homeboy Lucille is.

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And his writing style is impetuous, man.

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He could write and it makes sense.

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His dad was a professional

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instructor in the rhetoric, I suppose.

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You know, and how to master speech and language.

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So obviously his son was going to have real good grasp of the language

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and the way the letters are written exquisitely done, man.

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And one of my favorite things is I as I listen to it.

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So like I said, I've listened to it three times.

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But after the first five letters,

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so it's like letter one, letter two, letter three, letter four.

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After the first five letters, when he ends his letters to his homeboy Lucille is

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like before I leave, I'm going to give you this little gift, this little knowledge.

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Boom, he drops some knowledge, drops the mic.

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And moves on to the next letter.

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And I found myself like every, especially the first time I listened to it

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after he would finish a letter, I'm like dropping truth bombs galore.

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And obviously, if we if you find yourself having similar taste to to my taste,

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you guys are really going to really going to enjoy it.

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I can't. I can't recommend it enough.

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Now, I didn't know nothing about the man, Seneca.

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Prior to listening to the letters, I just I got hooked on listening to that

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audio book. And so as I did, I started going down the rabbit hole

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who he was and it made things a little different.

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So he's Seneca, the younger was a he's considered a stoic philosopher.

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But the controversies around him is because he was a wealthy elite.

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One of the first times he gets exiled out of Rome was because he was tapping

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some forbidden ass.

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So he gets exiled for that.

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And then after he's exiled for about seven, eight years,

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he gets brought in by Agrippina, whom's her son was a young Nero.

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And she requests

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Seneca to come out of exile to tutor her young son Nero.

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If you guys are familiar with Roman history,

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Nero was one of the most wicked so so bees in

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in in Roman history.

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And so some people will kind of tarnish, you know, put a black eye on Seneca's

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legacy because of that.

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And like, look how look how Nero turned out, he was his tutor.

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But others argue, look, he, you know, you can't help if you're

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I mean, if the kid was a scumbag from the very get go,

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and you really take the scum in his out of him, even with the best tutor in the world.

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So it's one of those things that these happenings happen 2000 years ago.

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We'll never know exactly precisely how things

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may or may not have transpired.

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You know what I'm saying?

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So you got to keep that in mind.

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What I will say is his letters, his writings, absolutely on point.

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Absolutely so on point that there were some forgeries later on around the fourth

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century that made it look like Seneca was talking to the Apostle Saint Paul.

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And so there was a time, a period in time in the early church

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foundations where they were even thinking about using his writings in the Bible.

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I mean, his writings are bad ass, the way he writes.

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And not only the style, but

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what he teaches, you know, the virtues,

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the ethics for people to live by, anyone could live by.

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You don't have to just be a Christian.

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So it is interesting that the church at one point was even mulling that around.

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But let's learn about a little bit about Seneca's background, this from Wikipedia.

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His real name was Lucius Anais Seneca, the younger.

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Usually known monotonously as Seneca.

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He was a Stoic philosopher of ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist.

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And in one work, a satirist from the post Augustan age of Latin literature.

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Seneca was born in Colonia Patricia Cordoba.

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What was Spain at the time?

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So it was Spain under Roman rule.

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And he was, you know, I don't think I mentioned his date,

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but he was they think around the year for B.C.

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To about four A.D.

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It's not exactly known, but

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for all intents and purposes, he was basically a contemporary of Jesus.

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Which is also interesting.

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And let's see.

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Well, I guess we can continue reading the Wikipedia.

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His father was Seneca, the elder.

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His elder brother was Lucius Junius.

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Galeo Anais and his nephew was a poet.

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Lucan in A.D.

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41 Seneca was exiled to the island of Corsica under Emperor Claudius,

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but was allowed to return in 49 to become a tutor to Nero.

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When Nero became Emperor in 54,

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Seneca became his advisor and together with the Praetorium Prefect,

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Sextus, Afrinus, Burris provided competent government

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for the first five years of Nero's reign.

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Seneca's influence over Nero declined with time

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and in 65, Seneca was executed by forced

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suicide or alleged complicity in the Smithsonian conspiracy

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to assassinate Nero, of which he may or may have been innocent,

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although there are still no consensus in agreement.

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Historic and calm suicide has become the subject of numerous paintings.

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As a writer, Seneca is known for his philosophical works

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and for his plays, which are all tragedies.

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His prose works include 12 essays and 124 letters dealing with moral issues.

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These writings constitute one of the most important bodies

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of primary material for ancient Stoicism.

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As a tragedy, he is best known for plays such as Medea,

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Piestes and Pedro.

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Sorry, Seneca had an immense influence on later generations

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during the Renaissance.

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He was a sage admired and venerated as an oracle of moral.

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Even of Christian edification, a master of literary style

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and a model for dramatic art.

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And there is a picture of him, I'm assuming, in his older, later years.

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The picture that I have of him was what obviously when he was a little bit younger

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and he's got a fat joint in his mouth.

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Oh, shit, I didn't even screen share, so my apologies.

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Oh, gosh, darn it.

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All right, there we go.

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So there's Seneca.

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So.

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From what I understand, when he was younger, he.

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He had a lot of ailments.

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It's not exactly known what he may have had

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because he talks about it in his writings quite a bit,

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but he had a hard time breathing.

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So a lot of people, you know, a lot of modern day scholars

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think that he may have had asthma, some kind of breathing

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disease, because he would often talk about how it sucked,

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you know, to not be able to breathe properly

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and have those issues that would come and go as they went.

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What's up? This is my story.

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What's up, Carl and Annie on rumble?

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Carl and Annie, man, if you want to hit up that stream yard

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after I'm done, man, we can chat about everything,

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anything and everything.

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I just wanted to do the show on.

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Seneca, because it was something that I wanted to do for quite some time.

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I found.

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His letters, really, really inspiration.

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I'm going to play some of the audio quotes

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from some of his letters just to show y'all.

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And maybe you guys will get inspired to listen to it.

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And it's it's pretty cool.

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As I was saying,

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so when he was younger, he did have these elements.

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And so that may have inspired him to.

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You know, join the stoic side of things, if you will.

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And.

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As I showed you there around the year 41,

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he was exiled over to the island of Corsica

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for having relations with someone related to Ligula.

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I can't remember if it was his ex-wife or, you know,

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after he had already been done for.

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Whether he was guilty or not is debated, just like a lot of these things.

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I mean, again, 2,000 years ago, who knows either way?

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But from what is understood, he was exiled

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and he was an exile for seven or eight years.

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And when people here island, they probably think, oh, yeah,

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it's like a paradise and everything.

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But back then these islands were barren from what I understand.

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There was nothing on there.

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You were banished.

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There was no luxuries.

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And so this is where he started writing

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a lot of his badass material.

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And this is probably where he started in practicing

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his stoicism that he was learning and teaching.

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One of the coolest things that he says

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when he's writing to his homeboy, Lusilius, is that Lusilius,

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I am not here to teach you.

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I am here to learn alongside with you.

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What a gangsta as quote, man.

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And some people will say, well, he was probably writing that stuff

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because it was all for show and blah, blah, blah.

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You know, there's people that are cynical, whether

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he was just a 100 percent hypocrite and he lived a different life

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than what his writings show.

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But I mean, it's also possible he was just a human being.

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With flaws, who?

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Who the hell here is perfect?

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None of us are.

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We all have skeletons in our closets.

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We all have messed up things about us.

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And if we're so introspective, if we're self-aware,

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there's a lot of motherfuckers out there that lack self-awareness.

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A lot of them, a lot of people out there.

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They're good to point out other people's flaws.

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But when it comes to their own selves, they can't do it.

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And I will say this, I was one of those people for the longest time.

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I think the last few years, I've been very, very introspective.

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Trying to look at my failings.

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All right.

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I do have an issue here.

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Let's try to fix it.

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I do have an issue there.

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Let's try to fix it.

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And that's.

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I think that's a virtue.

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Once you can get to the point where you can analyze yourself.

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And not only analyze your failings, but.

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Trying to do something about it, trying to make those necessary changes.

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In February.

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So next month, we're in January already.

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In February will be one year that I quit chewing tobacco.

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And I was really, really hooked on chewing tobacco.

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I did that for a well over a decade.

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And I had tried to quit in the past.

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You know, I.

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Tried for a little bit.

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I even had success for a couple of months and then I eventually relapsed.

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Went back at it.

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I was doing a can of chewing tobacco and I know it's gross.

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I know it is, but I was hooked.

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I was addicted.

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I would really start to get antsy, man.

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My body was craving it.

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I was really, really hooked in February of last year.

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I finally said I'm done with this.

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I'm hooked.

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I'm spending too much of that money on this shit, on this vice.

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I'm done with it.

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I'm done.

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And I said.

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I was done.

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And I'm not going to say it was easy.

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That shit was hard.

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It was incredibly hard.

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First day that I quit.

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I'm at work because I got into the habit of putting in a dip because I.

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I do drive in all damn day and I would put it in a fat dip in my mouth.

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I had a 30 minute drive from point A to point B and it would give me a little

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buzz, you know, make me feel good as I'm driving.

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And so I wanted to get that buzz, that daily buzz as I worked.

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And that first day that I quit was incredibly hard.

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I was my body was feeling for it.

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I I just kept scratching on myself, man.

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I needed that little buzz, that little dopamine hit.

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And I had to be resolute and say, no, I ain't doing that shit.

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Second day, even harder.

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Third day was hell, man.

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I I was like even like sweating a little bit.

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I was going through withdrawal.

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And for me, everyone's probably different.

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I'm just trying to give confidence to anyone that may be thinking about it

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or maybe going through something similar, you can do it.

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It's how bad you fucking want it.

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You know, I had talked about it for a long time, I'm going to quit.

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I'm going to quit.

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I talked about it.

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I wish I quit.

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I know.

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I know every time I put it in my mouth, I knew it was bad for me,

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but I kept doing it.

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You know, why? Because I wasn't serious.

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When I finally said I'm serious and I'm done.

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That's when I was done.

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And again, that's recognizing for yourself.

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There's how many people are hooked to certain things

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and will never admit that they are hooked or addicted.

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First step is self acknowledgment, being self aware

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of the problems that you have.

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And that's one of the things that that I've been learning the last few years,

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being being self aware and again, trying to fix my my issues.

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But yeah, the tobacco thing from next month will be one year that I quit.

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And the first week was hell.

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Now, a year later, I'm good.

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I'm 100 percent good.

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I don't even think about that shit.

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I don't need it.

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And it's great.

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That's part of that growing process, I suppose, that I'm experiencing.

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And I'm proud of myself for.

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But going back to these letters of.

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Seneca to his homeboy, Lucille is.

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I took him as letters that he's writing from the heart.

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In a great writing style, in the perfect writing style that he writes it with.

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Like I said, every time he ends a letter, he ends it like a fucking boss.

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He go, you know, after like letter 45, he goes, Lucille is I know you're

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expecting the gift.

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So here it is and take it and I'm going to grab it from the treasures of

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Epicurious from the coffers of Epicurious, and then he dropped some

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truth bombs, man.

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And I just his writing style.

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Is 100 percent relatable to today.

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He talks about friends.

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Let's see.

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Let me tell you how many letters he's exactly got.

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So the link is in the description of the of the audio book that I listen to.

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And here's another life hat.

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If you don't want to experience YouTube ads.

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Listen to YouTube via the brave browser.

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You can thank me later.

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You will not have any YouTube ads because as I play this, some YouTube ads

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will come on here and it's only because I'm.

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I've got YouTube on a different browser.

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But if you don't, if you want to experience it for yourself without

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zero ads, brave browser, thank me later.

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All right.

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So.

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There are a total of sixty five letters and the whole audio book is six

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hours and twenty six minutes.

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But look at the letters on saving time, on discursiveness and reading,

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on true and false friendship.

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I'm going to I'm going to put a little clip from that on the

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terrors of death, the philosophers mean on sharing knowledge on crowds.

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Yeah, he's got he's giving us thoughts on all these things.

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So let me just see if I could play this first clip here.

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And like I said, if anyone wants to call in after we're done here

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and we could talk about Seneca, some more Seneca, or we could talk about whatever

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the madness going on, that's going on in the world.

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All right.

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The OK, I think this is on friendship.

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So let's play it right here.

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Share this.

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You ask me what you should be especially careful to avoid crowds.

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You are not yet strong enough to be among them without risk.

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I must admit my own weakness, too.

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I never return home from being among the masses as the same person

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I was when I left.

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Something within me, which I had forced into calm becomes unsettled.

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Some of the flaws I thought I had conquered come back again.

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Just as a sick man, recovering from a long illness is too weak

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to leave the house without relapsing.

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So, too, are we vulnerable when our souls are still healing

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from the sickness of vice to mix with crowds is dangerous.

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Every person you encounter will either introduce some vice to you,

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reinforce one you already have or stain you with their own,

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even without intending to, and the larger the crowd, the greater the risk.

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But nothing is as harmful to one's character as spending time

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at public spectacles where vice creeps in through the disguise of entertainment.

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What do I mean?

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I mean that I return home from such places more greedy, more ambitious,

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more indulgent and even more cruel, simply from being around other people.

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I recently attended a midday spectacle,

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expecting to be entertained with wit and light-hearted diversions,

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a moment of relaxation from the brutal games.

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Instead, it was worse than usual.

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The earlier contests at least had some display of skill,

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but this was nothing but pure slaughter.

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There was no armor, no defense, just men fully exposed,

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each strike landing with deadly effect.

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People prefer this kind of show to the usual duels and trained matches.

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Of course, they do.

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There is no skill involved, no shields or helmets to delay death.

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In the morning, men are thrown to wild beasts.

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At midday, they are thrown to the spectators.

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The audience demands that the winner of one fight

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immediately face his next opponent until he too is killed.

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Every match ends in death.

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This continues even when the arena is nearly empty.

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You might argue, but these men are criminals.

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They were murderers themselves.

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And what of it?

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Even if they deserved such a fate, what crime have you committed

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that you should sit there watching?

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In the morning, the spectators scream,

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kill him, beat him, burn him.

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They mock those who hesitate to face the sword,

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shouting that they should meet death bravely.

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If a fighter falters, they demand he be whipped

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until he fights with more spirit.

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And when the games take a break, they announce

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a little throat cutting in the meantime,

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so there will still be something to watch.

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Do you not realize that witnessing such brutality

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makes you cruel yourself?

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Be grateful at least that you are teaching such cruelty

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to those incapable of learning anything else.

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A young and impressionable mind,

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one that has not yet firmly anchored itself in virtue,

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must be protected from the crowd.

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It is too easy to follow the majority.

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Even Socrates, Cato.

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Damn.

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Yeah.

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Think about what he I mean.

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That's probably one of my favorite parts of the audiobook.

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Because he's talking about going to some of these, you know,

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going to the Coliseum, watching some of these games

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is where people are just lusting for blood, man.

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And he right there is admitting he's telling you, look,

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I sometimes go to these games and I want to kill some motherfuckers.

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I get I start lusting for blood

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and I have to catch myself.

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I'm like, damn, man.

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And so that's what he's talking about, man.

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When you're with the crowd, it's easy to, you know, there.

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What do we hear when we're kids?

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We're always talking about don't fall for peer pressure.

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You know, when there's kids your age telling you, hey,

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do this, do that, let's go, let's go cause some crimes.

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Let's do some drugs.

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It's easy to.

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To fall into that.

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You know what I mean?

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And he goes on to say in that in that letter, he goes, if one person.

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Has the the power to convince you or persuade you to do some bad things

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or or get into some vices, imagine what a whole group of people.

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Can do.

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So.

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In his letters, he like he covers all a wide array of of topics, but I mean.

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You know.

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Being someone that.

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I don't I don't like to ascribe to the mob mentality or, you know,

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like I stated at the very beginning, everyone's talking about

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the goings-ons in Venezuela.

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And I almost went out like I'm going to have to talk about Venezuela.

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Maybe I will when we get Collins later on.

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But you got to be able to be resolute and think for yourself, man.

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Don't let the mob mentality take over.

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Don't, you know, think for yourself.

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Be different.

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It's OK to be different.

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And that's kind of what he's stressing about.

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Let me play this other clip.

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You can't remember what it was about.

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And themselves abandoned.

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It is in moments of crisis that.

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Gosh, darn it. I muted myself.

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I think I screwed up.

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Sorry, guys.

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I think I skipped over where I wanted to play.

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But in this particular chapter, he's talking about friends and friendship.

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This particular, you know, these particular words

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that he talks about friends really resonated with me,

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because this is how I view things already.

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He's talking about how.

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When you choose someone as your friend.

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You got to go all in.

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You got to be 100 percent trusting with that person.

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And and.

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That's a friend.

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You can't just say, oh, yeah, that's my friend,

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but you wouldn't trust him with this or trust him with that.

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And that really resonated because this is how I view things.

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And I just thought maybe I was an extremist when it comes to that

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because I know a lot of people.

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There's probably a lot of people that call me their friends.

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But I don't call other people my friends because I I feel

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if I'm going to call someone my friend.

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I'm going to go to war for you.

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And I expect your ass.

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I expect your ass to go to war for me.

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If you're going to push out, you aren't my friend.

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We aren't friends.

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We're associates.

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And I know for some people that may sound extremist,

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but that's just how my mind works.

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Now, if I show you that same loyalty.

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And then I catch you doing some other stupid shit and fuck you.

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We are no longer friends.

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Get the fuck out of my life.

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Again.

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I realize that's extremist, but that's just how it works, man.

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And so let's hear his words on friends.

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And this this little part really, really resonated with me.

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He seeks friends so that he may sit by their sick beds,

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help them in times of trouble,

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and set them free when they are imprisoned.

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Anyone who enters friendships only for personal benefit

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misunderstands its purpose.

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A friendship formed for self-interest will dissolve

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as soon as that interest is threatened.

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The friend who was chosen for protection

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will disappear the moment danger appears.

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Such relationships are mere fair weather friendships.

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A friend chosen for utility

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will remain only as long as he is useful.

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This is why those who enjoy prosperity

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are surrounded by a crowd of admirers

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while those who've fallen hard times find themselves abandoned.

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It is in moments of crisis that true friendship is tested.

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Yet this is precisely when most so-called friends flee.

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This is also why so many disgraceful betrayals occur.

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When fear takes hold,

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those who formed friendships for gain

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are the first to turn away.

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The beginning and the end of such friendships are the same.

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If a man became your friend because he expected to profit from it,

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he will leave as soon as there is no more profit to be gained.

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If a friendship is built on anything other than friendship itself,

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it is doomed to fail.

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Why then do I seek friendship?

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So that I may have someone for whom I would be willing to die,

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someone I would follow into exile,

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someone whose life I would stake my own to protect

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and gladly pay that price.

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The kind of relationship you describe is a transaction,

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not a friendship.

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Damn.

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Damn.

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There you go, man.

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See, for a long time,

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I thought maybe I was just an extremist when...

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Because that's how I view friendships. That's how I view relationships.

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I take it serious. I don't fuck around.

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And I expect the same.

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I expect the same.

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Some people may say, well, that's just a high standard, man.

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It is what it is. That's how I view it.

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And so to hear Seneca pretty much echo the same exact same thing

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2,000 years ago, I'm like, hell yeah, that's my dog right there.

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And I think that's why I was vibing with a lot of the shit he was saying.

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And let's see, where else was I?

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Hope you guys are enjoying that.

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I'm just trying to pump you guys up.

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I would love for you guys to check it out.

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I'm not sure what this timestamp is. Let's let it ride.

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So in that little section,

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In that little section, he was basically talking about

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Can I get that in the live chat?

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Can you guys let me know if you guys heard that?

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I don't want to.

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I hope it wasn't a moment of silence.

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Did you guys catch that little last section?

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Even though I don't think I had it on the screen.

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Um,

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Live chat. Let me know, please.

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Before I continue on.

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What's up, y'all? Thank you.

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What's up, Karen? What's up, sweets?

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What's up, Frankie?

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My man.

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What's up, Greg?

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Well, this is in here.

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Marco.

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Hell yeah.

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Well, it's flufflings.

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Rocky, Rocky USA.

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What's up?

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Thank you guys for coming on out.

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Okay, looks like fluff fluff and say we we heard.

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Yeah.

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So he was talking about propaganda in that little section.

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How people get scared and get worried.

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That about baseless stuff, man.

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And I found it interesting.

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Here's a guy living 2000 years ago.

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Essentially during Rome's pinnacle, you know,

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when Rome was the big bad wolf of the known world at that time.

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And he was one of the wealthiest sons of bitches.

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Apparently he owned the states and villas and all this stuff.

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He was loaded.

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But he's talking about propaganda, man.

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Don't let hearsay dictate beer.

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You know, don't don't don't let that man verify stuff.

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Take it easy, man.

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Don't chill.

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Chill the hell out.

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Confirm it before you start freaking out.

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Real, real basic shit.

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All right.

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I want to play some of his mic drops that.

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That he makes.

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Let's see.

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And the letter 14.

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Letter.

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Okay.

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So it would be 120.

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So let's go to.

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Okay, let's play this.

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Hear themselves.

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The safest course is to remain unnoticed for being despised is as dangerous as being admired.

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One must take refuge in philosophy.

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Unlike public speaking or other careers that attract attention and breed enemies,

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philosophy remains neutral and unthreatening.

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Even those who are not good men respect it.

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It is peaceful, minds its own business, and provokes no hostility.

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No matter how corrupt the world becomes, no matter how much noble character is attacked,

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philosophy will always be held sacred.

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That said, philosophy should be pursued with balance and moderation.

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But what about Marcus Cato, you may ask?

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Was his philosophy moderate?

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Cato stood against civil war, tried to restrain two raging leaders,

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and opposed both Pompey and Caesar at once.

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Yet one could question whether a wise man should have intervened in such times at all.

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One might ask Cato, why involve yourself?

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Liberty was lost long ago.

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The only question now is whether Pompey or Caesar will rule.

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Why does it matter to you which tyrant takes control?

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Even if the better man wins, the victor will still be the worse option for Rome.

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Cato's final role was noble.

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But even earlier, his efforts did little more than make him a target.

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What could he do but protest while the state was looted?

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One day, the mob attacked him, spit on him, and dragged him from the forum.

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Another time, he was seized straight from the Senate and sent to prison.

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We can discuss later whether a wise man should engage in politics.

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For now, consider those Stoics who, seeing the dangers of public life,

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withdrew to improve humanity through philosophy.

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They shaped laws, refined customs, and worked for the good of mankind

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without provoking the anger of those in power.

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The wise man does not seek to overthrow society's traditions,

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nor does he draw public attention through unusual behavior.

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But is this path truly safe, you may ask?

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I cannot promise safety, just as I cannot promise good health to a man who lives moderately,

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though moderation tends to produce good health.

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Even ships sink in the harbor, but what do you think happens to those out at sea?

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Innocent men sometimes perish, yes, but guilty men perish more often.

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A skilled soldier may die in battle, even while protected by his armor,

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but his training is not to blame.

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In the end, the wise man acts according to reason, not according to outcomes.

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Our choices are within our power, the results are in the hands of fortune.

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But I do not let her judge me.

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But fortune can bring you suffering, you say.

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Yes, she can harm me, but she cannot condemn me.

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Just as a highwayman who murders a traveller does not act as his judge.

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Now, I see you reaching for your daily gift and a fine one I shall give you.

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Since we have spoken of wealth, let me share a saying that will make you richer in spirit.

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He who needs riches least enjoys the most.

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Who said this, you ask?

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It comes from Epicurus or Metradorus or some other thinker from that school.

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But does it matter? Wisdom belongs to everyone.

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A man who craves wealth lives in fear of losing it.

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And no one truly enjoys a possession that brings anxiety.

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He is always trying to add more.

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In his pursuit of accumulating, he forgets how to use what he has.

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He spends his time checking accounts, pacing the forum and balancing his books.

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Until, in the end, he is no longer a master of wealth, but merely its steward.

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Damn!

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You see that?

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Before he finished that letter, he goes, I see you reaching for your daily gift.

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So here it goes.

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So that's one of those letters that where he's talking about wealthy,

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you know, like having money really ain't shit.

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You become a slave to your material things.

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It's not about that.

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It's about living a just life.

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It's easy to say that when you own half of Rome and you're basking in the ambiance of your palaces

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and you've got these slaves and servants feeding you grapes and shit.

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So I can see why people would say, well, that's kind of, you know, hypocritical for him to be talking about wealth.

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And as you heard there, you know, he's like, it's not really a big deal if you're wealthy or not.

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It's just how you behave with the money in your hands.

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And so yeah, he, I just, I just love the way he ended that one.

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And he ends a lot of his letters like that.

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Here's your little gift.

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Oh, shit, you think I was done yet?

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Here's a little gift before I leave before I bounce.

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Here you go.

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And he dropped some some truth bombs on a recurring basis.

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I like at one point too, because he's that's the thing he's often quoting Epicurious.

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So back in this time, there's different philosophical schools.

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There's the Stoics School of Thoughts.

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Then you had the cynics and you had the Epicureans, different schools of thoughts.

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It's kind of like today there's a bunch of different MMA schools.

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There's some people that'll teach you Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

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Some will teach you a Keto and so on and so forth, some wrestling, different schools and things along those lines.

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Well, back then they had different schools of philosophical thought.

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And Epicurious was considered a rival school to what the Stoics taught.

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And so what you hear when you're listening to these letters, he's often quoting Epicurious.

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And he even says, look, I know we're not supposed to be quoting Epicurious, but these words are badass.

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I'm going to use them.

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And I enjoyed that as well because that's something that I like to do.

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Just because I don't fully agree with something or someone doesn't mean you can't take some good out of it.

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And so by him constantly quoting Epicurious, you're like, damn, man, he's given props to a rival school of thought,

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which to me speaks more about him, you know, being humble in doing so.

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And as I say that in one of his letters, when he ends, he goes, I'm about to leave you.

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I'm about to leave you with some words from your friend from your boy Epicurious.

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Because he quotes him so much, he starts messing around like, yeah, that's your boy.

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It's not my boy.

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But I'm not.

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I think you guys would really, really, really enjoy that.

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Let's see.

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What's the 15th letter?

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I put on my notes that the letter 15 in its entirety about bronze and brains.

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I don't think I want to cover that.

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So another interesting thing about him, he talks about slaves.

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He himself had slaves.

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He even talks in one of his letters, how he knew he was old at one point,

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because he was at the store market and he's seen this dude that was like had no teeth

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and he looked old as hell.

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And he's like, who's this bum right here?

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And the bum looks up at Seneca says, dude, you don't remember me.

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I was your favorite pet slave.

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He goes, when I was a little kid, you used to like play with me and all this stuff.

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And Seneca's like, oh, shit, damn, that means I'm old because you're old.

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And so he's talking about just old age.

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And he's talking about how there's awesomeness to being old.

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You know, it's a different awesomeness.

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Obviously, you lose your agility that you had when you were younger and this and that.

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But there's other things to be gained as you get older.

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But going back to the slave subject, it was interesting to hear his thoughts.

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Because again, he had his own slaves and he lived with slaves.

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And he talks about treating your slaves good.

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He talks about you got to treat your slaves like human beings.

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He goes, so many people treat their slaves like cattle, like their livestock.

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He goes, what the hell?

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These are human beings.

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Treat them like human beings.

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Talk to them.

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Ask them how their day is.

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So even though he owned slaves because apparently that was the thing back then.

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And according to his letters anyways, he's and he's writing to his homeboys.

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Not like he's preaching out to the masses.

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He's writing one on one to his homeboy.

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He's like, yeah, you got to treat your slaves like human beings, man.

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Ask them how they're doing.

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Treat them good, man.

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They're human beings.

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And so for me, that's like, man, this guy's writing about treating slaves

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like humans, not like cattle, not like livestock, but like humans.

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He's writing about this 2000 years ago.

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How many times when we hear American slavery out here, you know, in the 1850s?

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Oh, well, it was a different time.

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People thought different.

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Blah, blah, blah, blah.

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You hear that so often.

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It's ridiculous.

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I'm like, that was only a few generations ago.

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It wasn't that much different.

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People knew had to know the atrocities of owning other freaking humans

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and slaves. Absolutely.

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And so when I hear Seneca saying these words about slavery 2000 years ago,

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there you go.

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They obviously this guy knew that it was wrong 2000 years ago.

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You're going to tell me dudes from 150 years ago didn't know.

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That was another interesting little little pickup that I got from him.

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And like I said, he he owned slaves as well.

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But his attitude was intriguing.

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No mess.

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Fellow human beings, not as livestock or cattle like so many other people did.

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Let's see.

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End of letter 16 was my other notes.

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Hope you guys are enjoying this.

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And I hope you guys are inspired to read some of these truth bombs on your

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own time. All right, let's let's see.

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A letter 16 was the timestamp was 129.

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So let's see what 27.

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Oh, here we go.

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Oh, I guess not.

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I'm sorry, man.

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I was listening.

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I was writing these timestamps as I was working.

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I didn't have the exact ones.

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Let's go to end of letter 33.

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Instead, 33.

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Letter 34 on a man or even for one who has reached the edge of old age to

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have only notebook knowledge.

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This is what Zeno said.

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But what have you said?

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This is the opinion of Clint East.

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But what is your opinion?

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How long will you follow another's path?

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Take command.

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Speak words that posterity will remember.

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Give something of your own.

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That is why I have no respect for those who never produce anything

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themselves, who spend their lives lurking in the shadows of others,

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interpreting words but never daring to put into practice what

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they have so long studied.

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They've trained their memory with other men's ideas.

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But there is a difference between remembering and knowing.

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To remember is simply to hold something in trust.

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To know is to make it your own.

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To stand on your own feet without needing to check back with the

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master every moment.

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Zeno said this.

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Clint East said that.

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Let there be a difference between you and your book.

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How long will you remain a student?

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It is time to become a teacher.

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But why?

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Someone asks.

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Should I continue listening to lectures when I can read the

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same things in books?

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Because the living voice has great power.

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Yes, perhaps, but not when that voice is only repeating

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someone else's words.

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A speaker who merely echoes another's thoughts is no more

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than a stenographer.

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Consider this.

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Those who never develop their own independence begin by

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following a leader where the leader has already been abandoned

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and then they follow him even where truth is still

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being debated.

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But truth will never be found if we settle for the answers

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already given.

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A man who only follows others does not just fail to

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discover anything.

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He does not even search.

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So should I reject the path of my predecessors?

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No.

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I will use the old road.

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But if I find a better, shorter, and smoother way,

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I will take it.

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Those who came before us are not our masters.

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They are our guides.

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Truth is open to all.

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It is not yet owned by anyone.

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And there is still plenty left for future generations

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to discover.

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Farewell.

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Bam.

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What is truth?

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And that's Seneca's answer to what is truth.

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He's basically saying truth is the truth.

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And it has no owner.

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And, yeah, people before us may have brought some

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truth bombs, but they were just guiding us.

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They didn't have absolutes.

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They had a guide.

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And if we find more truth to add to, you know,

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add to what has already been found, then we need to

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welcome it and have open minds to it.

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As he talked about the future generations.

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It was another interesting thing that I picked up

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from him was how he talked in the present tense.

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He was basically saying we Romans, we have it all,

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man, we have all these luxuries.

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We have all these nice things.

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The ancients before us probably had shitty as times.

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And we're enjoying the fruits of luxury today.

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He was writing this 2000 years ago.

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It's bananas.

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But he, you know, his writing style is immersive

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that you can kind of picture yourself.

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How his world was at this time, at this point in time,

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you know what I mean?

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Yeah, you can tell.

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I really, really enjoyed it.

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I hope you guys.

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You guys enjoyed as well.

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Let's see.

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Final notes.

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Okay.

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One of the things that he says a couple of times

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through his.

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Through his letters to Lucilius is that

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if you have someone, an inspiration,

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someone that you look up to

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like a role model,

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follow them

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and live your life accordingly

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as if they were looking at you.

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You know what I mean?

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If you look up to someone,

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would I want to let them down

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by making this choice

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or making that bad choice?

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And I thought that was profound.

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You guys been following me for a while.

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My biggest inspiration

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is the late great David McGowan.

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I look at my reality,

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what we perceive as reality today

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with the David McGowan lens.

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And so as I'm processing news

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about this processing news about that,

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I'm just taking it all in

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and putting on my David McGowan hat.

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How would David McGowan

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would have looked at this or looked at that?

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And so when I hear Seneca

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talking about finding a role model,

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finding someone that you look up to

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and living

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according, you know,

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accordingly to how they, you know,

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would have lived or whatever.

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I choose David McGowan.

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You know what I mean?

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And so that kind of fits in with my personality.

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He would drop an occasional F-bomb,

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which I drop a little too much

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according to some people.

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But David McGowan did that.

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And yeah, that's my,

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that's the role model that I choose in my mind.

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And after hearing him

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talking about

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living accordingly to that person,

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he also says it's silly

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when he hears people praying to God

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or the gods

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and they do it quietly.

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But if they did it around other people,

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they would feel silly.

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He goes, you should feel

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you should be able to talk whatever you feel.

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If you're going to tell the gods this or that,

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you should be able to announce it in front of the whole world.

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Why feel shame about it?

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You know what I mean? Own it.

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Don't be a bitch.

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It's basically what he's saying.

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What's up, Billy Tractor?

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If anyone wants to...

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Yeah, if anyone wants to call in,

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by all means call in.

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And let's

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have a little conversations.

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Let me see if I got any final thoughts on Seneca.

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So Seneca,

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like I said at the very beginning, one of his darker spots was that he did

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ended up tutoring Nero.

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And oh, the other thing I forgot to say,

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he often talks about death

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and how we shouldn't fear death

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because if we fear death

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death is something

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that has,

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you know, the clock on death has been taking from the minute you were born.

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The minute you took your first breath on this earth,

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you were already on pace

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to taking your last breath.

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And so he's constantly talking about through these letters like,

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I ain't scared to death.

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And some of his last letters,

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he was writing these letters and exiled.

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He was exiled and

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he was exiled by Nero.

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He was accused of

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possibly being involved in a conspiracy

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to kill Nero.

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Nero finds out about the conspiracy.

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And so he gets all these people lined up

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in Seneca because he was part of these elites and whatever.

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His sentence is to kill himself.

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And so

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in all these letters, he's talking about facing death like a champ

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being brave about it.

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And, you know, it's just going to happen, man.

58:52.560 --> 58:53.420
Things are going to happen.

58:53.920 --> 58:54.940
And he goes,

58:56.220 --> 58:57.940
you got to live in the present.

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If you start worrying about this or that too far in the future, man,

59:03.380 --> 59:06.420
enjoy the moment because tomorrow is not guaranteed.

59:07.120 --> 59:08.380
And so enjoy it.

59:08.480 --> 59:12.060
So he's constantly talking about facing death and not being scared.

59:13.140 --> 59:13.820
And so

59:14.720 --> 59:17.120
when it's his time to take his own life,

59:19.140 --> 59:19.780
he,

59:21.140 --> 59:23.180
him and his wife are chilling.

59:23.660 --> 59:25.280
His wife apparently

59:26.160 --> 59:29.500
wanted to take her life, you know, do it together.

59:30.620 --> 59:31.500
And apparently

59:32.420 --> 59:34.220
Seneca is like, nah, nah, I'm good.

59:34.400 --> 59:35.320
You go live your life.

59:35.380 --> 59:36.320
I'll do it by myself.

59:36.400 --> 59:38.340
But she's like, nah, I'm not going to leave you by your side.

59:39.340 --> 59:43.860
So the story goes that he, they slit their wrists,

59:45.340 --> 59:47.820
but allegedly because he was too old or whatever,

59:48.040 --> 59:50.300
the blood was having a hard time flowing through his veins.

59:50.600 --> 59:52.980
So then he takes some hemlock poison.

59:53.880 --> 59:55.200
The poison takes,

59:56.040 --> 59:57.760
it's not taking much effect.

59:57.760 --> 01:00:02.500
So then they put him in a warm bath to kind of

01:00:02.500 --> 01:00:05.760
further accelerate the bleeding out and the suffocation.

01:00:06.720 --> 01:00:08.440
And that's how he dies.

01:00:08.840 --> 01:00:10.260
Apparently he dies like a boss.

01:00:10.680 --> 01:00:11.280
He's like writing.

01:00:11.600 --> 01:00:16.100
He's telling people his last words, you know, scribes telling him,

01:00:16.120 --> 01:00:19.120
nah, just don't let my teachings go to waste.

01:00:19.660 --> 01:00:21.620
You know, my teachings are not mine.

01:00:21.720 --> 01:00:22.780
They're for the world.

01:00:22.980 --> 01:00:25.220
That's the other thing he talks about in one of his letters.

01:00:26.760 --> 01:00:31.760
He's like, if you have wisdom, bear it, don't keep it in.

01:00:33.060 --> 01:00:34.380
Wisdom is to be shared.

01:00:34.880 --> 01:00:39.000
And in a funny way, that's how I feel about my little podcast

01:00:39.000 --> 01:00:40.620
with the little reach that I have.

01:00:41.820 --> 01:00:43.680
That was one of the reasons why I started it.

01:00:44.200 --> 01:00:48.020
I thought I had a few things, a few things of knowledge in my head.

01:00:48.800 --> 01:00:51.580
A few things of wisdom that I didn't hear too many of the people

01:00:51.580 --> 01:00:52.860
saying or echoing.

01:00:52.860 --> 01:00:55.420
And I didn't want to keep that in.

01:00:55.600 --> 01:00:59.180
So that's why I started my little podcast as little as it was

01:00:59.180 --> 01:01:01.220
and as little as it is still.

01:01:02.580 --> 01:01:04.560
Because I was like, I need to share this.

01:01:05.080 --> 01:01:06.620
Maybe some people will find it useful.

01:01:06.840 --> 01:01:08.440
Maybe some people will think it's garbage.

01:01:11.520 --> 01:01:14.340
I still feel its knowledge, whether it's good knowledge or bad

01:01:14.340 --> 01:01:14.680
knowledge.

01:01:14.920 --> 01:01:17.740
I mean, I suppose it's subjective.

01:01:19.660 --> 01:01:22.500
And that's what Seneca in his writings talks about.

01:01:22.500 --> 01:01:24.700
If you have knowledge, bear it.

01:01:25.040 --> 01:01:25.740
It's not yours.

01:01:26.220 --> 01:01:28.140
It's for the masses bear it.

01:01:28.680 --> 01:01:31.700
And so that that's another part that that really resonated.

01:01:31.960 --> 01:01:35.360
Man, essentially the whole his whole letters are amazing.

01:01:36.560 --> 01:01:40.560
Like I said at the very beginning, his writing style, the way you could

01:01:40.560 --> 01:01:43.420
tell he's a professional writer could tell he had the most

01:01:43.420 --> 01:01:45.100
exquisite teachers growing up.

01:01:45.980 --> 01:01:49.880
Just an amazing, amazing orator and writer.

01:01:50.840 --> 01:01:54.020
And it clearly shows through when you listen to it.

01:01:54.300 --> 01:02:00.160
It's not like if I try to write something and be like, yeah,

01:02:00.300 --> 01:02:00.640
it'd be ghetto.

01:02:00.980 --> 01:02:04.600
You could tell it was some bum from the streets, wrote this

01:02:04.600 --> 01:02:04.840
shit.

01:02:05.220 --> 01:02:07.540
But when you read his letters, you could tell someone that's

01:02:07.540 --> 01:02:08.540
highly educated.

01:02:09.240 --> 01:02:12.660
And even some of his sense of humor shines through, which is

01:02:12.660 --> 01:02:13.340
I found.

01:02:14.120 --> 01:02:17.000
I found really, really enjoyable.

01:02:19.140 --> 01:02:20.160
Who else we got here?

01:02:20.420 --> 01:02:20.800
What's up, Dustin?

01:02:23.920 --> 01:02:24.800
All right.

01:02:25.040 --> 01:02:25.840
Who's going to call in?

01:02:26.300 --> 01:02:29.240
If you are on YouTube, I'm going to end the stream because

01:02:29.240 --> 01:02:32.760
we may get some call ins and it may not be YouTube friendly.

01:02:33.520 --> 01:02:36.980
So if you're on YouTube and you want to be part of it or

01:02:36.980 --> 01:02:39.320
you want to join the party a little bit more.

01:02:39.820 --> 01:02:40.360
What's up, Jackson?

01:02:41.340 --> 01:02:43.920
Jackson's lad greetings George from freezing cold South

01:02:43.920 --> 01:02:44.320
England.

01:02:45.220 --> 01:02:45.880
Jackson's lad.

01:02:45.880 --> 01:02:46.920
What's up, Jackson's lad?

01:02:47.240 --> 01:02:48.300
First time I've seen you.

01:02:52.520 --> 01:02:54.180
Then Billy tractor.

01:02:54.800 --> 01:02:55.100
Hell yeah.

01:02:55.980 --> 01:02:57.540
I think I gave you a shout out.

01:02:59.260 --> 01:03:00.280
Hit that stream of Billy.

01:03:01.240 --> 01:03:01.960
He K2.

01:03:03.900 --> 01:03:04.860
All right.

01:03:05.860 --> 01:03:06.800
YouTube people.

01:03:07.100 --> 01:03:09.120
I'm going to end the stream there on YouTube.

01:03:09.620 --> 01:03:11.800
So if you want to show go over to rumble, please.

01:03:12.640 --> 01:03:13.380
All right.

01:03:13.380 --> 01:03:22.320
What's up, rumble mfs?

01:03:24.480 --> 01:03:25.420
All right.

01:03:27.020 --> 01:03:27.620
So.

01:03:29.120 --> 01:03:30.320
I think that's Seneca.

01:03:30.580 --> 01:03:32.480
I'm trying to think if I've got any more thoughts.

01:03:33.340 --> 01:03:34.220
Yeah, I went super deep.

01:03:34.680 --> 01:03:38.280
Another interesting thing with Seneca that I.

01:03:41.020 --> 01:03:44.540
As soon as I went down the Seneca rabbit hole, then I

01:03:44.540 --> 01:03:45.740
went to the Julius Caesar.

01:03:46.080 --> 01:03:49.160
I looked up the Julius Caesar story.

01:03:49.160 --> 01:03:51.900
A couple of times different versions of it.

01:03:51.960 --> 01:03:53.500
And I'm like, oh my God, dude.

01:03:54.600 --> 01:03:57.340
The Lincoln stuff and the Julius Caesar stuff.

01:03:59.080 --> 01:04:01.100
I may have to do a show on that.

01:04:01.260 --> 01:04:01.500
It's.

01:04:02.960 --> 01:04:04.600
It's almost laughable now.

01:04:05.500 --> 01:04:08.400
One of the co-conspirators in the Julius Caesar.

01:04:09.860 --> 01:04:15.460
Plot to assassinate Julius Caesar was Junius Brutus.

01:04:16.500 --> 01:04:19.720
And in the Shakespeare version of it.

01:04:21.860 --> 01:04:23.120
Julius Caesar.

01:04:23.240 --> 01:04:24.920
As he's getting shanked.

01:04:24.980 --> 01:04:27.660
He looks and he sees Junius Brutus.

01:04:27.760 --> 01:04:29.580
He was like at two Brutus.

01:04:31.240 --> 01:04:35.200
That you Brutus like what the fuck that we were homies.

01:04:36.120 --> 01:04:36.960
And.

01:04:38.000 --> 01:04:40.140
In the Lincoln assassination.

01:04:41.400 --> 01:04:45.440
John Wilkes Booth's dad is Junius Brutus Booth.

01:04:47.200 --> 01:04:49.780
And what does John Wilkes Booth allegedly say.

01:04:50.280 --> 01:04:51.820
Thus always the tyrants.

01:04:52.780 --> 01:04:56.960
Pretty much echoing the same shit that happened 2000 years

01:04:56.960 --> 01:04:57.360
prior.

01:04:57.940 --> 01:05:01.120
I'm telling you, man, all this history nonsense that we get.

01:05:01.220 --> 01:05:03.300
It just gets repeated over and over again.

01:05:04.340 --> 01:05:07.520
But I started going down the Roman, you know, I went

01:05:07.520 --> 01:05:10.340
Seneca and then I wanted to know more about Nero.

01:05:10.660 --> 01:05:13.100
And then I started learning about Julius Caesar.

01:05:13.100 --> 01:05:16.640
Then I started learning about the founding of Rome.

01:05:19.580 --> 01:05:23.080
And I started listening to the audio book of Plato's the

01:05:23.080 --> 01:05:23.370
Republic.

01:05:24.200 --> 01:05:27.240
Holy crap, man, I really started hitting some rabbit holes

01:05:27.240 --> 01:05:28.560
this last week.

01:05:29.680 --> 01:05:30.260
And.

01:05:31.020 --> 01:05:32.260
It occurred to me.

01:05:33.800 --> 01:05:35.880
This whole thing about conspiracies and.

01:05:37.040 --> 01:05:38.240
Governments being affairs.

01:05:38.500 --> 01:05:40.480
It's from the dawn of time.

01:05:40.480 --> 01:05:45.220
You know, when the Romans instituted voting in the

01:05:45.220 --> 01:05:45.700
Republic.

01:05:46.800 --> 01:05:49.740
It was to make the peasants feel like they were part of

01:05:49.740 --> 01:05:50.260
the government.

01:05:51.240 --> 01:05:55.840
When in reality, the wealthy owners, landowners, they had

01:05:55.840 --> 01:05:56.380
all the power.

01:05:57.300 --> 01:06:00.860
All the laws that were being passed was because the

01:06:00.860 --> 01:06:02.660
landowners were paying their tribute.

01:06:04.140 --> 01:06:07.620
They allowed the peasants to vote to make them feel

01:06:07.620 --> 01:06:09.380
like they were part of something good.

01:06:13.400 --> 01:06:17.260
In 2000 years later, it's no fucking different.

01:06:20.020 --> 01:06:22.240
All these people that still think that their little

01:06:22.240 --> 01:06:25.620
ballot that they cast is going to do something, it's

01:06:25.620 --> 01:06:26.220
going to change.

01:06:27.040 --> 01:06:29.640
It's going to turn corruption upside down.

01:06:31.680 --> 01:06:34.400
And nothing fucking happens and people fall for it

01:06:34.400 --> 01:06:35.600
each and every damn time.

01:06:37.480 --> 01:06:38.080
So.

01:06:40.700 --> 01:06:42.920
Yeah, I'm going on my soap box.

01:06:43.100 --> 01:06:44.660
Who wants to join me on my soap box?

01:06:45.200 --> 01:06:46.760
Hit that little stream yard there.

01:06:47.060 --> 01:06:47.680
God damn it.

01:06:47.760 --> 01:06:48.720
I'm still waiting for someone.

01:06:50.920 --> 01:06:53.040
Frankie says the government is here to help you

01:06:53.040 --> 01:06:53.420
wheezy.

01:06:54.260 --> 01:06:55.600
My ass it is.

01:06:59.800 --> 01:07:01.240
So voting is larping.

01:07:01.540 --> 01:07:01.660
Yeah.

01:07:05.540 --> 01:07:07.440
Why is my name in blue?

01:07:08.080 --> 01:07:08.880
That's what I don't understand.

01:07:09.140 --> 01:07:10.100
We need to change that shit.

01:07:11.140 --> 01:07:13.160
Fuck is this nonsense?

01:07:15.200 --> 01:07:15.680
Damn.

01:07:16.680 --> 01:07:19.800
Every now and then like stream yard resets my freaking

01:07:19.800 --> 01:07:20.260
settings.

01:07:21.700 --> 01:07:22.840
And it's annoying.

01:07:27.140 --> 01:07:30.480
George says the British government is fucking us

01:07:30.480 --> 01:07:32.660
Brits over every government does though.

01:07:33.800 --> 01:07:36.760
But yeah, man, definitely you guys have zero

01:07:36.760 --> 01:07:38.020
freedom of speech over there.

01:07:39.340 --> 01:07:40.060
And.

01:07:41.700 --> 01:07:44.700
Yeah, things are progressively getting worse.

01:07:45.600 --> 01:07:48.980
And over here, our government thinks it's

01:07:48.980 --> 01:07:52.020
perfectly fine perfectly fine to go into another

01:07:52.020 --> 01:07:53.760
country, kidnap their leader.

01:07:55.100 --> 01:07:57.760
And take him to New York for trials now.

01:07:58.420 --> 01:08:01.960
How much of that is actually real or is

01:08:01.960 --> 01:08:05.740
Maduro or is this whole thing a sigh up as well?

01:08:07.120 --> 01:08:10.260
I was listening to the whole speech that Trump

01:08:10.260 --> 01:08:14.700
gave and he at one point was even talking about

01:08:14.700 --> 01:08:16.680
installing the military everywhere.

01:08:17.040 --> 01:08:20.620
Military has reduced crime in DC and they're

01:08:20.620 --> 01:08:23.440
going to hopefully replicate those results

01:08:23.440 --> 01:08:24.320
everywhere else.

01:08:26.440 --> 01:08:28.540
Yeah, I mean 2026.

01:08:30.420 --> 01:08:31.640
It's going to be interesting.

01:08:32.720 --> 01:08:35.240
As you guys have probably noticed if you've been

01:08:35.240 --> 01:08:37.440
following me for a while, I enjoy.

01:08:39.960 --> 01:08:43.340
Looking at older civilizations, older

01:08:43.340 --> 01:08:45.100
empires arise and follow them.

01:08:45.500 --> 01:08:48.140
And a lot of the times they have a lifespan of

01:08:48.140 --> 01:08:49.100
250 years.

01:08:50.160 --> 01:08:50.680
Well, guess what?

01:08:51.520 --> 01:08:55.260
2026 is going to be the 250 year anniversary

01:08:55.260 --> 01:08:56.820
of the US of a.

01:08:58.900 --> 01:09:01.780
What in the hell is in store for us?

01:09:03.660 --> 01:09:04.520
This year.

01:09:06.440 --> 01:09:06.960
Now.

01:09:08.380 --> 01:09:10.240
We can get caught up with it.

01:09:10.340 --> 01:09:13.160
We can get stressed out or we can take words from

01:09:13.160 --> 01:09:13.920
Seneca.

01:09:15.480 --> 01:09:17.340
From 2000 years ago and say.

01:09:18.780 --> 01:09:20.960
Yeah, maybe shit will happen, but let's enjoy

01:09:20.960 --> 01:09:22.020
the present right now.

01:09:22.680 --> 01:09:24.520
Let's enjoy the time that we do have right now.

01:09:27.940 --> 01:09:28.460
So.

01:09:29.680 --> 01:09:30.380
We're out with that.

01:09:33.580 --> 01:09:35.300
Um, let's see.

01:09:35.540 --> 01:09:37.760
I don't think anyone wants to call in that stream yard.

01:09:38.280 --> 01:09:39.700
We do have a little crowd though.

01:09:39.820 --> 01:09:40.100
Hell yeah.

01:09:40.280 --> 01:09:41.700
Thank you everyone that made it out.

01:09:43.440 --> 01:09:46.220
I want to give a shout out to my beautiful

01:09:46.220 --> 01:09:46.920
and lovely message.

01:09:47.060 --> 01:09:47.720
She's still recovering.

01:09:47.980 --> 01:09:49.560
Hopefully she'll be joining us here.

01:09:51.220 --> 01:09:52.100
Very soon.

01:09:53.120 --> 01:09:54.480
We'll keep her in your thoughts.

01:09:55.280 --> 01:09:56.040
Secret squirrel.

01:09:56.480 --> 01:09:56.720
What's up?

01:09:56.820 --> 01:09:57.380
Secret squirrel.

01:09:58.820 --> 01:09:59.680
Hell yeah.

01:10:01.280 --> 01:10:03.220
Secret squirrel is a long time.

01:10:04.600 --> 01:10:04.960
Friend.

01:10:06.340 --> 01:10:07.120
And listener.

01:10:08.020 --> 01:10:09.100
Her and George.

01:10:10.800 --> 01:10:14.200
You guys been following me for a long, long time, many years

01:10:14.200 --> 01:10:14.980
now at this point.

01:10:15.740 --> 01:10:17.240
Awesome to see you here, squirrel.

01:10:20.080 --> 01:10:22.000
Yeah, last year or last year.

01:10:22.140 --> 01:10:23.540
Yeah, I guess you could say it was last year.

01:10:24.900 --> 01:10:25.620
Last week.

01:10:26.700 --> 01:10:29.200
I gave some shout outs to all the people, especially

01:10:29.200 --> 01:10:30.300
the longtime listeners.

01:10:31.400 --> 01:10:32.460
Let's see.

01:10:34.220 --> 01:10:35.040
Okay.

01:10:36.020 --> 01:10:39.240
Weezy, I followed your Lincoln research, but you never mentioned

01:10:39.240 --> 01:10:39.780
when.

01:10:40.940 --> 01:10:42.960
He got killed when he.

01:10:44.360 --> 01:10:45.180
When.

01:10:46.980 --> 01:10:48.800
He killed them vampires.

01:10:51.860 --> 01:10:54.640
Yeah, maybe he did kill vampires.

01:10:54.900 --> 01:10:55.240
Who knows?

01:10:59.620 --> 01:11:02.720
Yeah, I know when I do the Lincoln stuff, it's not for everyone.

01:11:03.260 --> 01:11:05.680
But like I said, I, I enjoy it.

01:11:06.880 --> 01:11:09.820
And the cool thing is I'm starting to notice a lot of

01:11:09.820 --> 01:11:11.940
people like damn man, you have put in the work.

01:11:12.280 --> 01:11:15.920
You have put in some research into it and they enjoy it.

01:11:16.300 --> 01:11:17.240
And that's freaking awesome.

01:11:18.460 --> 01:11:19.900
What up word spell?

01:11:22.800 --> 01:11:23.760
He says.

01:11:25.060 --> 01:11:27.780
Wayne McCrory probably be a good guess for you.

01:11:27.960 --> 01:11:28.440
He goes deep.

01:11:29.260 --> 01:11:30.480
I had to check him out.

01:11:30.580 --> 01:11:32.000
I don't know who Wayne McCrory is.

01:11:32.400 --> 01:11:33.180
I'll definitely check him out.

01:11:35.680 --> 01:11:39.200
William Ramsey has been uploading some of Visigoth Visigoth

01:11:39.760 --> 01:11:42.320
the greats work the last couple of weeks.

01:11:43.200 --> 01:11:46.920
I never heard of Visigoth and I'm not proud of that.

01:11:48.060 --> 01:11:52.280
I heard Visigoth on some of William Ramsey's uploads.

01:11:53.460 --> 01:11:56.280
And I was like, oh, I want to see if I can get this guy on

01:11:56.280 --> 01:11:56.780
my podcast.

01:11:57.540 --> 01:12:01.100
And apparently he's been passed away for about a year now.

01:12:01.780 --> 01:12:04.500
But he did a lot of great Lincoln research.

01:12:04.800 --> 01:12:09.160
He apparently helped David McGowan with a lot of the Lincoln stuff.

01:12:09.460 --> 01:12:12.640
So when I found that I was a little bit bummed out.

01:12:12.740 --> 01:12:16.180
I was like, oh man, we could have, we could have had a great,

01:12:16.440 --> 01:12:17.900
great podcast together.

01:12:18.300 --> 01:12:20.080
Shot the shit pretty deep.

01:12:25.370 --> 01:12:26.270
Let's see.

01:12:28.670 --> 01:12:29.170
Well.

01:12:30.190 --> 01:12:31.850
Well, well, well, well.

01:12:32.530 --> 01:12:33.490
We are.

01:12:34.570 --> 01:12:35.570
An hour in.

01:12:36.350 --> 01:12:38.430
No one is hitting up the streamer.

01:12:38.530 --> 01:12:40.910
So maybe I'll end it before I leave though.

01:12:45.350 --> 01:12:48.210
Streamer should be linked on the top of the rumble.

01:12:48.370 --> 01:12:51.250
If anyone's missed it at the very top of the live chat.

01:12:54.610 --> 01:12:57.990
I should be doing a show with seven seas tomorrow.

01:12:59.790 --> 01:13:01.350
We talked about it yesterday.

01:13:04.430 --> 01:13:04.990
But.

01:13:05.830 --> 01:13:07.530
I need to confirm it.

01:13:07.830 --> 01:13:09.070
I try to confirm it.

01:13:11.090 --> 01:13:13.250
If you follow me on Telegram.

01:13:13.830 --> 01:13:14.270
Let's see.

01:13:15.030 --> 01:13:16.390
You follow me on Telegram.

01:13:16.590 --> 01:13:19.750
I try to put the shows on there and that's where you know when

01:13:19.750 --> 01:13:21.230
the next show is or whatever.

01:13:21.230 --> 01:13:23.130
All that good stuff.

01:13:23.670 --> 01:13:25.990
There is a telegram telegram is.

01:13:26.990 --> 01:13:29.730
Telegram forward slash wit wheezy.

01:13:30.090 --> 01:13:34.390
W I T W E E Z Y is the telegram group.

01:13:35.190 --> 01:13:39.330
We also have a discussion channel attached to that where

01:13:39.330 --> 01:13:40.990
you can share your.

01:13:44.350 --> 01:13:46.730
Share your memes and all that good stuff.

01:13:47.430 --> 01:13:48.390
There's some jokes.

01:13:48.810 --> 01:13:50.030
Some people share musics.

01:13:50.710 --> 01:13:51.750
Whatever you'd like.

01:13:52.610 --> 01:13:54.970
Well, the main group doesn't have any of that.

01:13:55.150 --> 01:13:56.690
It's just straight up shows.

01:13:57.650 --> 01:13:58.750
And that's what we do.

01:13:59.350 --> 01:14:02.290
But if you if we end up doing a show tomorrow.

01:14:03.090 --> 01:14:05.490
It should be around four o'clock Eastern.

01:14:07.010 --> 01:14:10.290
But I still need to confirm it's not 100%.

01:14:12.950 --> 01:14:21.660
And well, well, well, well, I think that's it.

01:14:22.380 --> 01:14:24.660
Thank you guys for coming out.

01:14:26.920 --> 01:14:28.420
Means means a lot.

01:14:29.140 --> 01:14:29.960
I didn't.

01:14:29.960 --> 01:14:31.120
It was like last second.

01:14:31.340 --> 01:14:32.820
I didn't advertise it or nothing.

01:14:33.280 --> 01:14:34.540
You guys still came out.

01:14:35.580 --> 01:14:36.480
Appreciate it.

01:14:36.820 --> 01:14:37.340
Appreciate it.

01:14:37.920 --> 01:14:39.000
Long time listeners.

01:14:39.200 --> 01:14:39.700
Appreciate it.

01:14:41.240 --> 01:14:42.620
Short time listeners.

01:14:44.400 --> 01:14:46.840
No listeners alike in everyone.

01:14:48.260 --> 01:14:51.420
Let's have a banger of a year this year, 2026.

01:14:51.740 --> 01:14:52.540
Hope everyone had a.

01:14:53.780 --> 01:14:55.500
Fantastic start to the new year.

01:14:58.040 --> 01:15:00.100
And yeah, let's keep.

01:15:00.960 --> 01:15:01.800
Exploring truth.

01:15:02.660 --> 01:15:05.220
Let's keep exploring these fun subjects.

01:15:06.120 --> 01:15:06.940
I don't like.

01:15:07.880 --> 01:15:11.340
I know there's shows that do the same shit, same genre.

01:15:11.440 --> 01:15:12.480
And maybe that works for them.

01:15:12.920 --> 01:15:16.340
I like to do all kinds of shit, you know, I like to talk

01:15:16.340 --> 01:15:17.680
about this, talk about that.

01:15:18.300 --> 01:15:22.520
And if there's a particular show that you guys don't really

01:15:22.520 --> 01:15:23.000
like.

01:15:24.700 --> 01:15:26.960
You know, I see it.

01:15:27.200 --> 01:15:29.660
When I do my Lincoln shows.

01:15:31.120 --> 01:15:34.180
It doesn't get as many downloads and stuff like that.

01:15:37.940 --> 01:15:41.300
It could suck for me if I let it because I'm like, God damn,

01:15:41.400 --> 01:15:42.600
I spent so much time.

01:15:42.780 --> 01:15:44.140
I spent so much work on it.

01:15:44.140 --> 01:15:45.180
It's a passion of mine.

01:15:46.200 --> 01:15:52.140
I really don't, you know, I maybe that's a sign of maturation

01:15:52.140 --> 01:15:53.000
on my part.

01:15:55.200 --> 01:15:56.280
In that.

01:15:57.960 --> 01:15:58.920
Everyone's different.

01:15:59.160 --> 01:15:59.800
Everyone's unique.

01:15:59.980 --> 01:16:00.820
And I accept that.

01:16:02.960 --> 01:16:06.860
Even in the quote unquote truth community, I'm very

01:16:06.860 --> 01:16:07.220
different.

01:16:07.980 --> 01:16:08.860
I'm not for everyone.

01:16:10.320 --> 01:16:13.520
Some people may find my style offensive.

01:16:14.960 --> 01:16:18.220
Some people may find my style uncouth.

01:16:20.040 --> 01:16:24.240
Some people may find my style a little too rough around

01:16:24.240 --> 01:16:27.120
the edges, not too professional.

01:16:29.040 --> 01:16:30.840
Drops too many f bombs, whatever.

01:16:32.640 --> 01:16:33.740
It is what it is.

01:16:36.160 --> 01:16:37.580
I just got to be me.

01:16:38.480 --> 01:16:39.080
And.

01:16:40.560 --> 01:16:43.740
There's a lot of people that that do vibe with me and to

01:16:43.740 --> 01:16:44.160
you guys.

01:16:44.620 --> 01:16:45.160
Thank you guys.

01:16:47.900 --> 01:16:51.080
You guys may not vibe with every type of category or

01:16:51.080 --> 01:16:54.160
show that I do, but you guys vibe with me in general.

01:16:54.180 --> 01:16:58.060
And that's all I can ask for, you know, I often say that.

01:16:59.640 --> 01:17:01.740
Everyone has their own unique taste.

01:17:03.140 --> 01:17:05.560
In music in truth.

01:17:07.480 --> 01:17:10.500
In all kinds of things, you know, one thing I forgot to

01:17:10.500 --> 01:17:10.840
mention.

01:17:11.320 --> 01:17:15.000
When I did my, my stats for Spotify rap.

01:17:15.540 --> 01:17:16.420
Last week.

01:17:18.820 --> 01:17:22.360
At the very end, it showed me what my listeners.

01:17:23.100 --> 01:17:24.540
Their top artist.

01:17:25.540 --> 01:17:26.640
Is, you know what I mean?

01:17:26.860 --> 01:17:26.900
Like.

01:17:27.660 --> 01:17:30.240
What most of my listeners like to listen to outside of

01:17:30.240 --> 01:17:30.360
this.

01:17:30.460 --> 01:17:31.500
I'm like, I'm curious.

01:17:32.320 --> 01:17:32.840
And.

01:17:34.140 --> 01:17:35.900
Morgan Wayland came up.

01:17:37.200 --> 01:17:39.980
I was like, who the fuck is Morgan Wayland?

01:17:41.500 --> 01:17:43.800
I want to know what y'all listen to.

01:17:44.100 --> 01:17:47.940
And if y'all are listening to Morgan Wayland, I want

01:17:47.940 --> 01:17:50.120
to, I want to see what this is about.

01:17:50.940 --> 01:17:53.500
So I YouTube Morgan Wayland on YouTube.

01:17:53.780 --> 01:17:55.220
It is a country music singer.

01:17:56.940 --> 01:17:58.880
I'm like, I don't even listen to that shit.

01:17:59.660 --> 01:18:01.880
So I jam some Morgan Wayland.

01:18:02.560 --> 01:18:05.240
My dog died last night.

01:18:05.580 --> 01:18:08.140
My wife left me, you know.

01:18:10.260 --> 01:18:13.300
I was drinking a little beer, a few beers when I

01:18:13.300 --> 01:18:13.920
listened to.

01:18:14.380 --> 01:18:16.040
So I was jamming a little bit.

01:18:19.060 --> 01:18:21.320
And Dustin already mentioned it.

01:18:22.280 --> 01:18:24.240
So you can rewind the show, bro.

01:18:24.780 --> 01:18:25.760
I ain't going to say it again.

01:18:26.560 --> 01:18:28.480
I already mentioned it.

01:18:32.940 --> 01:18:33.500
But.

01:18:35.320 --> 01:18:36.220
You know what?

01:18:36.240 --> 01:18:37.920
Maybe I'll just keep talking shit.

01:18:39.100 --> 01:18:41.960
I'm going to open up another beer second one tonight.

01:18:46.240 --> 01:18:46.800
But.

01:18:48.900 --> 01:18:49.820
Thanks, George.

01:18:51.820 --> 01:18:54.540
George says, Weezy, you're a good bloke, my friend.

01:18:54.540 --> 01:18:56.260
I think the same thing about you, George.

01:18:56.460 --> 01:18:59.140
I know sometimes you may not see eye to eye with

01:18:59.140 --> 01:18:59.940
everything I say.

01:19:00.040 --> 01:19:01.700
And yet you still are here.

01:19:02.820 --> 01:19:04.640
A lot of the times, bro, you know what I mean?

01:19:05.240 --> 01:19:07.140
You've been here for years, George.

01:19:08.120 --> 01:19:10.880
And so that's a homie right there, George.

01:19:12.320 --> 01:19:14.160
2024 been following me for years.

01:19:14.340 --> 01:19:15.000
He's from the UK.

01:19:15.400 --> 01:19:16.360
Shout out to my boy, George.

01:19:16.760 --> 01:19:18.920
He's been following me since the Brian Harvey

01:19:18.920 --> 01:19:20.760
days when me and Brian Harvey used to do

01:19:20.760 --> 01:19:22.060
podcasts back in the days.

01:19:23.080 --> 01:19:23.580
And.

01:19:25.100 --> 01:19:25.960
That's my boy.

01:19:26.340 --> 01:19:27.760
Shout out to George 2024.

01:19:29.560 --> 01:19:32.280
But going back to Morgan Wayland.

01:19:34.880 --> 01:19:38.220
I was listening to some of the because I wanted to

01:19:38.220 --> 01:19:41.200
know what people that listen to my show, what they listen

01:19:41.200 --> 01:19:42.940
to and I'm listening to Morgan Wayland.

01:19:44.020 --> 01:19:45.580
I was kind of vibing with it.

01:19:45.640 --> 01:19:46.220
I'm not going to lie.

01:19:46.580 --> 01:19:49.180
I'm kind of ashamed because I'm supposed to be anti

01:19:49.180 --> 01:19:51.380
country music because I'm from the hood.

01:19:51.380 --> 01:19:52.680
I ain't supposed to be listening to that shit.

01:19:53.160 --> 01:19:55.180
I would never rock it in public.

01:19:55.280 --> 01:19:56.140
Fuck no.

01:19:57.000 --> 01:19:58.360
But I was jamming.

01:19:58.440 --> 01:19:59.240
I was drinking some beer.

01:19:59.440 --> 01:19:59.820
All right.

01:20:00.300 --> 01:20:00.680
All right.

01:20:00.960 --> 01:20:02.320
I never heard of Morgan Wayland.

01:20:03.180 --> 01:20:04.480
But all right.

01:20:04.580 --> 01:20:05.020
I'll jam it.

01:20:05.200 --> 01:20:07.820
If this is what my peeps likes, this is what.

01:20:08.880 --> 01:20:11.580
I'm going to vibe with on this particular night.

01:20:13.740 --> 01:20:15.800
And I've wiped a couple of jams with it.

01:20:17.320 --> 01:20:18.980
I haven't listened to any since though.

01:20:22.640 --> 01:20:25.320
But I guess the point, the larger point that I was trying

01:20:25.320 --> 01:20:25.960
to make was.

01:20:30.160 --> 01:20:31.460
Especially in the truth community.

01:20:31.600 --> 01:20:34.300
I think most of the people that follow me, we're

01:20:34.300 --> 01:20:35.280
we're in the truth community.

01:20:35.540 --> 01:20:36.900
We don't believe the government.

01:20:37.380 --> 01:20:40.400
I say most because there's probably a handful of you.

01:20:41.220 --> 01:20:42.460
That are normies.

01:20:45.640 --> 01:20:47.180
And that's fine too, man.

01:20:47.940 --> 01:20:49.420
I would think it's weird though.

01:20:49.420 --> 01:20:52.400
If you guys follow most of my content and then.

01:20:52.440 --> 01:20:53.620
Oh my gosh.

01:20:53.660 --> 01:20:54.480
Here he goes.

01:20:54.880 --> 01:20:56.560
Talking conspiracies yet again.

01:20:56.920 --> 01:20:57.460
I'm out.

01:20:58.020 --> 01:20:58.580
Snap.

01:21:00.100 --> 01:21:03.900
I like when he talks about Marcus Aurelius and

01:21:03.900 --> 01:21:05.920
that's about it or Seneca.

01:21:06.260 --> 01:21:08.020
You know, the first part of this show is great.

01:21:08.680 --> 01:21:10.920
But then he went into conspiracy and I was like.

01:21:11.800 --> 01:21:13.040
Cut it out.

01:21:13.520 --> 01:21:14.300
I'm out of here.

01:21:15.400 --> 01:21:16.260
Sayonara brother.

01:21:16.600 --> 01:21:17.680
Until next time.

01:21:18.480 --> 01:21:21.560
I completely understand that could be people like that.

01:21:22.560 --> 01:21:26.360
And I guess the point that I still haven't made that

01:21:26.360 --> 01:21:27.800
I've been trying to make is that.

01:21:28.780 --> 01:21:31.740
Everyone has their unique subjective tastes.

01:21:32.800 --> 01:21:33.180
You know what I'm saying?

01:21:36.160 --> 01:21:37.880
When I was a firefighter.

01:21:38.220 --> 01:21:40.840
In the mornings, most of us drank coffee.

01:21:42.600 --> 01:21:43.660
Yeah, one dude.

01:21:44.080 --> 01:21:45.360
This one dude.

01:21:46.640 --> 01:21:47.480
I don't.

01:21:47.600 --> 01:21:48.480
He was crazy.

01:21:48.920 --> 01:21:51.180
He would smoke cigarettes and had crazy.

01:21:52.480 --> 01:21:55.260
Cardio conditioning and he would smoke cigarettes regularly.

01:21:56.000 --> 01:21:59.560
He would also drink Coca Cola every morning all day long.

01:22:00.900 --> 01:22:02.460
How the hell he functioned.

01:22:03.380 --> 01:22:04.300
Maybe he's dead now.

01:22:05.420 --> 01:22:08.720
Who knows, but what the fuck is wrong with this guy?

01:22:09.540 --> 01:22:11.420
But everyone has their different cup of tea.

01:22:11.600 --> 01:22:12.000
You know what I mean?

01:22:12.380 --> 01:22:14.360
Some people may like a little Espresso.

01:22:15.220 --> 01:22:19.240
Some people may drink their coffee straight black.

01:22:20.440 --> 01:22:22.620
People like it nice and, you know.

01:22:23.520 --> 01:22:25.620
A little bit of cream, a little bit of sugar.

01:22:26.140 --> 01:22:31.140
Some people like fucking 75% creamer and just a tiny little

01:22:31.140 --> 01:22:32.180
sprucing of coffee.

01:22:32.700 --> 01:22:33.800
I don't understand that shit.

01:22:36.260 --> 01:22:39.800
The point I'm trying to make is everyone is different.

01:22:40.320 --> 01:22:41.440
Everyone has different things.

01:22:41.440 --> 01:22:46.820
And so in the truth community, I probably am a little bit

01:22:46.820 --> 01:22:48.900
different than a lot of motherfuckers.

01:22:50.640 --> 01:22:53.100
It could be good and it could be a detriment.

01:22:53.360 --> 01:22:55.260
It could be detrimental to my growth.

01:22:56.640 --> 01:22:58.180
And I've thought about that a lot.

01:22:59.980 --> 01:23:05.120
If I change things up and maybe even if I was like, Hey guys,

01:23:05.260 --> 01:23:07.160
welcome to the what is true podcast.

01:23:07.360 --> 01:23:11.220
I'm your host Weezy and today we have a rather

01:23:11.220 --> 01:23:16.760
fantastic show and maybe five fucking did that the whole show

01:23:16.760 --> 01:23:18.300
and no cuss words or nothing.

01:23:20.180 --> 01:23:24.440
Maybe I'd have like a fucking killing who the hell knows.

01:23:25.560 --> 01:23:27.460
But at the end of the day, I would be fake as shit.

01:23:28.460 --> 01:23:29.760
And I don't want that man.

01:23:31.240 --> 01:23:35.560
And so maybe it is to my detriment, dropping F bombs

01:23:35.560 --> 01:23:36.780
on a regular basis.

01:23:38.880 --> 01:23:39.920
Someone left a comment.

01:23:42.340 --> 01:23:44.240
I uploaded a Lincoln show.

01:23:46.620 --> 01:23:48.620
I'm not going to say your name, but shout out to you.

01:23:48.760 --> 01:23:50.220
You know who you are if you're listening to us.

01:23:51.340 --> 01:23:55.440
But they said, look, Weezy, this show was a plus because

01:23:55.440 --> 01:23:58.120
you didn't have to use the F word at all.

01:24:00.480 --> 01:24:01.940
I mean, what do I say to that?

01:24:02.240 --> 01:24:03.020
I don't want to be rude.

01:24:03.160 --> 01:24:04.000
I don't want to be mean.

01:24:04.000 --> 01:24:06.040
So I just ignore it, whatever.

01:24:06.720 --> 01:24:09.420
It's like that's not me, man.

01:24:10.500 --> 01:24:12.060
I drop F bombs.

01:24:12.520 --> 01:24:13.040
That's what I do.

01:24:16.240 --> 01:24:19.660
I quit chewing tobacco, so I could definitely stop.

01:24:21.000 --> 01:24:23.080
Dropping F bombs 100%.

01:24:23.080 --> 01:24:23.820
I know I could.

01:24:27.840 --> 01:24:29.400
Have a great night, Karen.

01:24:29.780 --> 01:24:31.100
Thank you for stopping by Karen.

01:24:32.200 --> 01:24:33.720
Oh, is it Dustin?

01:24:35.280 --> 01:24:36.040
See you, Dustin.

01:24:36.400 --> 01:24:46.120
I wasn't paying attention to the live chat.

01:24:48.120 --> 01:24:51.520
Frankie says, I mean, Normie, I just come here to find out

01:24:51.520 --> 01:24:53.440
what is true and I still don't fucking know.

01:24:55.740 --> 01:24:56.480
There you go.

01:24:57.100 --> 01:24:58.980
I don't know if I believe you're a Normie though.

01:24:59.180 --> 01:25:02.360
It's Frankie because you tune into quite a bit of my shows.

01:25:09.760 --> 01:25:14.200
Yeah, as I, um, as I reflect on a lot of these things.

01:25:15.420 --> 01:25:15.900
Karen.

01:25:16.740 --> 01:25:17.120
Hit that.

01:25:17.260 --> 01:25:18.280
Hit that stream yard, Karen.

01:25:19.440 --> 01:25:21.180
I know you're having some glass of wine.

01:25:21.400 --> 01:25:24.140
I'm drinking my beer with my second one.

01:25:28.560 --> 01:25:29.360
Thank goodness.

01:25:29.540 --> 01:25:30.620
Weezy doesn't have a swear jar.

01:25:30.980 --> 01:25:31.880
We'd all be broke.

01:25:33.040 --> 01:25:33.400
Hell yeah.

01:25:39.110 --> 01:25:40.410
Wish me luck at the club.

01:25:40.690 --> 01:25:41.450
What would Seneca do?

01:25:42.090 --> 01:25:43.570
Seneca would clap them cheeks.

01:25:44.230 --> 01:25:45.530
I mean, he was.

01:25:47.070 --> 01:25:49.050
Allegedly clapping some prohibited.

01:25:49.050 --> 01:25:55.090
Cheeks and he was exiled to the island of Corsica at one point.

01:25:55.390 --> 01:25:57.990
So Seneca will clap them cheeks, Mr. Fluffins.

01:25:58.710 --> 01:26:01.170
So, um, I bless you.

01:26:01.510 --> 01:26:04.570
Go, go in peace and clap them cheeks.

01:26:09.050 --> 01:26:10.110
Oh, yeah.

01:26:12.090 --> 01:26:13.170
What was I saying?

01:26:16.390 --> 01:26:18.410
What was I saying?

01:26:18.850 --> 01:26:19.130
I can't remember.

01:26:20.830 --> 01:26:22.770
Think I was trying to philosophize.

01:26:26.890 --> 01:26:28.570
I've been thinking about.

01:26:30.150 --> 01:26:32.570
How it must have been to be in Rome.

01:26:33.530 --> 01:26:35.270
At that period in time.

01:26:36.130 --> 01:26:37.550
These guys were.

01:26:38.550 --> 01:26:39.830
Super, super.

01:26:40.690 --> 01:26:41.490
That's.

01:26:42.350 --> 01:26:43.150
Aqueduct.

01:26:43.150 --> 01:26:47.350
And it was all through military conquest, man.

01:26:47.490 --> 01:26:49.650
They were just pillaging, raping and pillaging.

01:26:50.870 --> 01:26:54.190
And one of the things that helped them expand was.

01:26:54.770 --> 01:26:56.630
The invention of citizenship.

01:27:00.370 --> 01:27:02.650
Sometimes I didn't even have to go to war.

01:27:02.870 --> 01:27:03.370
They're like, hey.

01:27:04.190 --> 01:27:05.670
Be part of our empire.

01:27:05.890 --> 01:27:06.650
Pay us tribute.

01:27:07.370 --> 01:27:08.370
Pay us taxes.

01:27:08.650 --> 01:27:10.030
We'll make you citizens of Rome.

01:27:11.770 --> 01:27:12.450
And.

01:27:14.930 --> 01:27:18.410
That's what helped them expand and expand and become.

01:27:19.930 --> 01:27:20.990
Great power.

01:27:21.630 --> 01:27:23.370
That's one of the things that I've been.

01:27:23.890 --> 01:27:26.550
I've been thinking lately is how.

01:27:27.430 --> 01:27:29.250
People's from all around the world.

01:27:29.930 --> 01:27:30.750
Are amazing.

01:27:32.470 --> 01:27:34.710
They all do fucked up shit as well.

01:27:35.570 --> 01:27:36.090
But.

01:27:36.750 --> 01:27:38.270
There's been a lot of amazing.

01:27:39.230 --> 01:27:39.830
Society.

01:27:39.830 --> 01:27:43.510
And civilizations and empires that have sprung up.

01:27:43.650 --> 01:27:46.990
From all corners of the world in the Americas.

01:27:47.530 --> 01:27:48.510
In Europe.

01:27:49.070 --> 01:27:49.550
Fuck yeah.

01:27:50.550 --> 01:27:51.510
In Asia.

01:27:51.810 --> 01:27:52.850
In Africa.

01:27:53.610 --> 01:27:54.410
Everywhere.

01:27:54.950 --> 01:27:57.270
There's been people's that just rise up.

01:27:57.570 --> 01:27:58.830
And that's what I've been.

01:27:59.490 --> 01:28:00.210
Thinking about.

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How.

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How things start up.

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You know what I mean.

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And a lot of the times it starts out small.

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And then they start conquering their neighbors.

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And then they start growing.

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Growing and growing like I was learning about.

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Rome.

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Rome has the myth that.

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It was two twin brothers.

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Romulus and some other fuck shit.

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I can't remember the other twins name.

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And.

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They were due to get killed and executed because.

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The.

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The leaders of that area were saying now you guys are royalty.

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You guys are going to.

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You guys are going to take over the throne later on.

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So kill kill these twin babies.

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The people that were due to kill these twin babies said.

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No we don't have a heart.

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So they put them in a basket.

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And send them down the river.

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Doesn't that remind you of Moses?

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This is the story of Rome.

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In any ways the twin babies in a basket and go down the river.

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And eventually the basket.

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Lands on a shore little little river shore river bank.

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And a mama wolf.

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She wolf.

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Finds the babies.

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He takes the babies into her den and she suckles them.

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You know they they they start drinking.

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Female wolf milk.

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And twins get older and older and older and eventually a farmer

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or herder finds them.

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Then he takes the two boys and raises them up.

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As he's raising them up.

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Eventually they find out that.

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They are the heirs.

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To the dynasty.

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And then the two twin brothers.

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Have you know they they take over.

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And they have each other's they have walls to separate the twin brothers.

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One twin brother lives here.

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Romulus lives over here.

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The other twin brother is like nah fuck you I want your fucking patch of land as well.

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So he climbs over the walls to try to take over Romulus's land.

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And Romulus says fuck you motherfucker and he fucks him up kills him.

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He was on twin brother.

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And Rome is founded.

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That's the mythology of how Rome started.

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Pretty bad fucking story if you ask me.

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And that's how it started.

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It started with violence.

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Rome.

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And then when you see Rome throughout the centuries.

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Grow and grow and grow.

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And then eventually conquer swaths of the world and shit.

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It's pretty badass.

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Pretty super interesting story.

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That that it really went down.

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But it reminds me.

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This type of shit happens all over the world.

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I mean the story of the Aztecs I did a show on the Aztecs if anyone's interested.

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I'm going to try to have Robert Biddle on again to talk about Meso American philosophy.

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It should be a fun show.

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But the story of the Aztecs they were a nomadic tribes people.

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And then they allegedly came from the Four Corners area.

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In Iceland.

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And they had visions or shamans allegedly according to their mythology had mission had visions that they had to keep traveling until they found.

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A snake or an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a snake.

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That's why the Mexican flag has that symbol.

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It's from the Aztec mythology.

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So they were traveling as nomads and then they get to Mexico City and they see that.

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And they were like this is the fucking joint.

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This is the sign.

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And they start conquering motherfuckers.

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There was already established civilizations in Mexico City at this point of time.

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The Aztecs were just some nomads.

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They were viewed as savages.

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There was already tribes that had city walls and temples and shit that she was already established.

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And then the Aztecs were just no, you know, like fucking savages is what they were viewed as.

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And they the Aztecs were resolute.

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They said we want this fucking land.

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Our visions are shame and said we are going to conquer this fucking place.

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And the other tribes are like, these guys are ghetto as savages.

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We don't fuck them.

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And the Aztecs ended up taking over the whole area.

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So they started as nomads and then they started forming a fucking empire.

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That expanded from the West Coast of Mexico to the East Coast of Mexico.

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And pretty much the entire area known as current day Mexico is what the Aztecs ended up expanding.

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So these civilizations, man, it's I'm fascinated their growth and their rise and peak and then eventually collapse.

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And I wonder if that's what's going on right now with the US of a, you know, you had the founding fathers.

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You know, in 1786 is what we're told or 76, I'm sorry.

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And this year marks 250 years.

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Are we going to collapse as an empire?

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Who knows?

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Like I said, you can really get overwhelmed with that shit.

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But one thing when when I read about a lot of these civilizations, it does suck through go through these collapse of eras and times, but then they continue on.

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Look at the Chinese, the Chinese have had a robust history that has lasted millennia.

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They've been on top of the world at times.

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They've been utterly destroyed at other times.

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And then they bounce back and down and down.

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And all these millennia later, China still up and running.

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Still are mortal enemy.

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So who knows what's going to happen this year?

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But things move on.

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So I guess the point that I'm trying to make is don't don't get caught up.

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Don't get too stressed out, man.

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Like Seneca says, enjoy the moments.

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Get ready.

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Don't don't don't be caught like a deer in the headlights.

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Get your shit together.

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Get your things in order as best as you can.

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But also don't don't don't overburden your your mind with doom and gloom is all I'm trying to say.

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You know what I'm saying?

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All right. No one called.

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No one had the wave o's to call in.

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So if we do a show tomorrow.

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I will put it on the telegram.

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Thank you everyone for coming out.

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Much love hugs and kisses to all.

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Weezy things because weezy usually comes up something and I mean that it with all due respect.

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Weezy because you usually.

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Are pretty good at coming at it from an angle that you have no political, you know,

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leading one way or the other.

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So you're a little bit more able to come at this from different angles.