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>>4869578
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refusal_of_work

>>4796997
Hand me downs, thrift store and army surplus shit.

>>4721268
The most most thorough way to deal with emotional insecurity is simply to do away with as much anxiety causing circumstances as possible and treat the inevitable ones by engaging in a praxis where you perpetually expose yourself to these situations to the point of becoming habituated to them. So askesis and "shame attacking".

This practically means doing away with everything superfluous (getting unnecessarily attached to the superfluous is a great cause of anxiety) and confronting your remaining fears head on. Throw away your trinkets, dump your girlfriend and make a fool of yourself in public until it doesn't trouble you to do so any more and you're well on your way to a robust mental state.

>>4569242
Stoicism is corrupted, decadent Cynicism. It was founded by a guy who tried to be a Cynic but failed. Look towards Cynicism. Twice the joy, none of the sophisms.

>>4562470
You're welcome.

Collection of Diogenes anecdotes:
http://members.optushome.com.au/davidquinn000/Diogenes%20Folder/Diogenes.html

Introductory podcast:
http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/cynics

Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(philosophy)

Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy:
http://www.iep.utm.edu/cynics/

And I've got a bunch of works on them here:

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/zp2ppnxjwj28c//Cynicism

When a man said to him, that it was a bad thing to live; "Not to live," said he, "but to live badly."

>>3817938
Not asking for an invite.
Only if someone who has access to bibliotik could look if they have 'Cynicism from diogenes to dilbert' from Ian Cutler please?
And if they have it, I would really appreciate it if you'd upload it somewhere and give the link.

>>3781270
>>3781403
In case you want to dig deeper:

http://members.optushome.com.au/davidquinn000/Diogenes%20Folder/Diogenes.html
http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/cynics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynicism_(philosophy)
http://www.iep.utm.edu/cynics/
http://www.mediafire.com/?zp2ppnxjwj28c

>>3662498
Yes. That's why the greatest are part sage part rascal if you ask me.

>I'm close to claiming disability and student allowance but the moral justification for it is that I don't even know the people I would be 'leeching' off
Would it be better if you knew them? They probably don't even want to know you. Most people don't like small talk with beggars.

>and maybe even because I disagree with the states policies on such liberal welfare and that I would be aiding the slow destruction of the current government but even I admit that is a major stretch.
Less welfare means more desperation since there are always less jobs than people. This leads to crime, which costs society a lot more money than welfare, both in the cases of criminals caught and not caught. It leads to more chaos and strain, both socially and economically. Welfare is not there solely out of benefit for the poor. It's also a safety valve for the rich. They're essentially buying off violence and lawlessness.

>>3494477
>>3494504
I'm the guy you responded to originally. I don't have any moral problems with my lifestyle.

Your fear isn't wholly justified though. There aren't a lot of people on welfare, and only an extremely small minorty is on welfare because they like it. You see, welfare isn't fun for most. You get to live beneath minimum wage. It's poverty, the government is just decent enough to give you a little bit for food, clothes and shelter. A life of such controlled poverty and being a social outcast on top of that is way more hardship than most people can endure. Most people on welfare can't wait to get a job. They are bored, they are poor, they are ashamed and miserable. Life on welfare is basically the life of a monk or a prisoner that gets to go outside. There's nearly no luxuries. You live in gloomy concrete neighbourhoods and you are basically guaranteed no improvement for life. It takes a special kid of person to be able to be happy on welfare. A bit of a Cynic, perhaps. You won't have to be afraid that it becomes the popular thing to do. If anything, most people are simply too vain and greedy and dull for that.

If you are worried about your money going to the wrong things, welfare should be very low on your list of things to complain about. You should be worried about tax evasion of the rich, about military spending, about dislocated public funding and mismanagement in government functions. I live on less than €10.000 a year. That's less than half of what a prisoner costs under your inhuman, psychopath petri dish of a prison system. And a little more than one eighth of the cost of a prisoner here. Seeing that I won't and can't work and I'm not willing to euthanise myself for the greater good, welfare really isn't such a bad solution for a lot of cases. I'd be way more expensive as a criminal or institutionalised. Everybody wins, or at least doesn't lose too much. Hell, if I do some decent writing, people might actually get something out of it.

Not asking for an invite.
Only if someone who has access to bibliotik could look if they have 'Cynicism from diogenes to dilbert' from Ian Cutler please?
And if they have it, upload it on megaupload or something.

Can someone who has access to bibliotik look if they have 'Cynicism from diogenes to dilbert' from Ian Cutler please?
And if they have it, upload it on megaupload or something.

Diogenes stood outside a brothel, shouting, "A beautiful whore is like poisoned honey! A beautiful whore is like poisoned honey! A beautiful whore . . . ". Men entering the house threw him a coin or two to shut him up. Eventually Diogenes had collected enough money and he too went into the brothel.