Can Stoicism Fight Modern Corruption?

Welcome to the Daily Stoic Podcast. Designed to help bring those four key stoic virtues, courage, discipline, justice, and wisdom. Into the real world. We are living in a moment of immense pervasive corruption. President of the United States is enriching himself to the tune of billions and billions of dollars. A high-ranking member of his administration was seen literally accepting a bag of$50,000 cash. His teleprompter operator was caught using. Inside information from his speeches.

To bet and make money. in prediction markets. And it's it's not just political corruption. A few years ago there was a major scandal where actors and actress and entrepreneurs and investors were bribing and cheating their kids into elite universities. We have college athletes and professional athletes and Coaches and executives who are not just betting on games, but perhaps even throwing games? A special forces operator made a bet worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in prediction markets. Uzing information

On a raid he was participating in. And while all of this is unprecedented and modern in one sense, in another sense it's the oldest story in the world. It is unfortunately a timeless story. Rome was an incredibly corrupt and dark and twisted and depraved. Place as well. Elections were bought and sold. Human beings were bought And so conflicts of interest were everywhere. People enriched themselves, stole.

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