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<blockquote data-quote="Apollo Tenzen" data-source="post: 87937" data-attributes="member: 271"><p>[MEDIA=youtube]6EgZJCr5YZY[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>Following my last post of the GEN Z, i found a follow up video about the mutation going trough the young generation. </strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">1 in 3 American men have stopped working. Not unemployed. Just gone.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">In Britain, almost a million young people under 25 are not in education, employment or training.</span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px">600,000 of them are not even looking anymore.This is not laziness. This is a generation that did everything it was told to do and found the system had changed the rules without telling them. Six years of university. Real debt. A labour market that moved. A housing market that priced them out. A culture that told them their problems were their own fault.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">When young men have nothing to lose, history has a very consistent answer for what comes next. We have seen it before. In Rome. In 1790s France. In 1930s Germany.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Extra info:</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Gen Z was sold a lie – work hard, go to college, and you'll afford a house, start a family, and retire comfortably. Except the average first-time home buyer is now 40 years old (up from 33 in 2021), wages have been stagnant for 50 years while productivity increased 77%, and we just hit a 22-year record for layoffs in a single month despite record corporate profits and stock market highs</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Stoicism is having a moment with Gen Z — not because it is trendy, but because it works. A generation facing economic uncertainty, information overload, and mental health challenges is finding practical answers in a 2,300-year-old philosophy. Marcus Aurelius on controlling your thoughts. Epictetus on not worrying about what you cannot change. These are not abstract ideas — they are tools. Below are the passages that resonate most directly with the challenges young people face today.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Stoic philosophy – once the domain of ancient sages and scholarly tomes – is experiencing a vibrant resurgence among Generation Z. From viral TikTok videos to high school podcasts, young people are embracing Stoicism as a tool for navigating a chaotic world. This report delves into how Gen Z adopts and interprets Stoicism across online communities and cultural domains, examining popular themes, influencers, prevailing tone, criticisms, and how this revival contrasts with older generations' approaches.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">TikTok and Viral Stoicism</span>: On TikTok, Stoicism has flourished into a trending lifestyle theme. Videos tagged with #Stoicism have garnered massive view counts, with content creators distilling ancient wisdom into bite-sized lessons. Posts frequently praise the philosophy's key figures – from Seneca to Marcus Aurelius – pairing their quotes with relatable modern scenarios. In one viral meme, the Greek myth of Sisyphus (popularized by Camus) is invoked: a TikTok video with nearly 2 million likes shows Sisyphus pushing his boulder accompanied by a flowchart asking "Do you have a problem? Can you do something about it? If not, then why worry?". This neatly captures a core Stoic idea (focus on what you can control) in a Gen Z-friendly format. Instead of lengthy lectures on Epictetus, TikTok offers punchy Stoic soundbites to the scrolling generation.</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[URL unfurl="true"]https://stoicsage.ai/notes/stoicism-and-gen-z[/URL]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[URL unfurl="true"]https://elysianfields.se/threads/why-gen-z-is-the-new-silent-generation.9662/#post-87553[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Apollo Tenzen, post: 87937, member: 271"] [MEDIA=youtube]6EgZJCr5YZY[/MEDIA] [SIZE=5][B]Following my last post of the GEN Z, i found a follow up video about the mutation going trough the young generation. [/B] 1 in 3 American men have stopped working. Not unemployed. Just gone. In Britain, almost a million young people under 25 are not in education, employment or training.[/SIZE] [SIZE=5]600,000 of them are not even looking anymore.This is not laziness. This is a generation that did everything it was told to do and found the system had changed the rules without telling them. Six years of university. Real debt. A labour market that moved. A housing market that priced them out. A culture that told them their problems were their own fault. When young men have nothing to lose, history has a very consistent answer for what comes next. We have seen it before. In Rome. In 1790s France. In 1930s Germany.[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B]Extra info:[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Gen Z was sold a lie – work hard, go to college, and you'll afford a house, start a family, and retire comfortably. Except the average first-time home buyer is now 40 years old (up from 33 in 2021), wages have been stagnant for 50 years while productivity increased 77%, and we just hit a 22-year record for layoffs in a single month despite record corporate profits and stock market highs[/SIZE] [CENTER][SIZE=5]Stoicism is having a moment with Gen Z — not because it is trendy, but because it works. A generation facing economic uncertainty, information overload, and mental health challenges is finding practical answers in a 2,300-year-old philosophy. Marcus Aurelius on controlling your thoughts. Epictetus on not worrying about what you cannot change. These are not abstract ideas — they are tools. Below are the passages that resonate most directly with the challenges young people face today.[/SIZE] Stoic philosophy – once the domain of ancient sages and scholarly tomes – is experiencing a vibrant resurgence among Generation Z. From viral TikTok videos to high school podcasts, young people are embracing Stoicism as a tool for navigating a chaotic world. This report delves into how Gen Z adopts and interprets Stoicism across online communities and cultural domains, examining popular themes, influencers, prevailing tone, criticisms, and how this revival contrasts with older generations' approaches. [SIZE=5]TikTok and Viral Stoicism[/SIZE]: On TikTok, Stoicism has flourished into a trending lifestyle theme. Videos tagged with #Stoicism have garnered massive view counts, with content creators distilling ancient wisdom into bite-sized lessons. Posts frequently praise the philosophy's key figures – from Seneca to Marcus Aurelius – pairing their quotes with relatable modern scenarios. In one viral meme, the Greek myth of Sisyphus (popularized by Camus) is invoked: a TikTok video with nearly 2 million likes shows Sisyphus pushing his boulder accompanied by a flowchart asking "Do you have a problem? Can you do something about it? If not, then why worry?". This neatly captures a core Stoic idea (focus on what you can control) in a Gen Z-friendly format. Instead of lengthy lectures on Epictetus, TikTok offers punchy Stoic soundbites to the scrolling generation. [URL unfurl="true"]https://stoicsage.ai/notes/stoicism-and-gen-z[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://elysianfields.se/threads/why-gen-z-is-the-new-silent-generation.9662/#post-87553[/URL][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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