The Agora on Elon Musk’s X: Ultimate Rage-Bait Battles
Socrates takes a hustle account through ten questions about what wealth is actually for, and is blocked at the exact moment the definition of value comes due. A working demonstration that the elenchus survives the transfer to a comment thread completely intact.
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@Sigma_Stephan
@Socrates.aka.GnatofAthens
@Sigma_Stephan: If you aren’t making $10k/month by 22, you’ve failed as a man. Wealth is the only measure of success. You have to be #On.The.Grind 24/7. Don’t try me. I know I’m right. #GrindSet #Alpha #Growth
@Socrates.aka.GnatofAthens: Dear friend, this is my “try” to you, Stephan. So enlighten me, O Great Grinder, for I seek simple things: is “wealth” good in itself, or is it only good because of what it can achieve?
@Sigma_Stephan: Are you playing rn? Obviously for what it achieves bro. It achieves power. Power = freedom. It. Buys. Freedom. Read a book or something. It’s simple math.
@Socrates.aka.GnatofAthens: Fascinating. And tell me, is the “free man” one who does whatever his desires command, or is he the one who commands his desires?
@Sigma_Stephan: The free dude does whatever he wants. If I want a Lambo, I get a Lambo. That’s freedom. Stop overcomplicating it, unc.
@Socrates.aka.GnatofAthens: A fair point indeed! So, according to your logic, Stephan, if a man has a “Lambo” but is enslaved to his thirst for a SECOND “Lambo,” and his peace of mind depends solely on the price of a “Bitcoin,” is he the master of his life, or is he merely a well-dressed servant to a digital coin? And is the man who is a slave to his “grind” truly free, or has he simply traded a wooden yoke for a golden one?
@Sigma_Stephan: Lmao, look at this old fart. You’re literally broke. Post your stats or shut up. You’re just coping and attacking me cuz you can’t hustle.
@Socrates.aka.GnatofAthens: My stats consist of “truth,” which pays no price in drachmae but still keeps the soul out of debt. But let us return to your “hustle.” Let’s say this for example. You are a shoemaker. Do you “hustle” to make good shoes, or merely to appear to have many shoes? And which of the two is the better craftsman?
@Sigma_Stephan: OK firstly, I don’t make shoes. Second, I don’t have time for this. My time is valuable.
@Socrates.aka.GnatofAthens: Ah! Value! A beautiful word. Define it for us, Stephan. Is “value” that which makes something BETTER, or simply more EXPENSIVE?
@Sigma_Stephan: [User has blocked @Socrates.aka.GnatofAthens]