{"id":137056,"date":"2021-02-15T10:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=137056"},"modified":"2021-02-15T10:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T18:06:47","slug":"power-and-powerlessness-the-eternal-struggle-over-social-status-2-15-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=137056","title":{"rendered":"Power and Powerlessness: The Eternal Struggle Over Social Status (2-15-21)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/uajap1\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_vb8s83\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"vb8s83\",\"div\":\"rumble_vb8s83\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The philosopher Isaiah Berlin on the source of Stoicism&#39;s popularity: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eMTKAwgocp\">pic.twitter.com\/eMTKAwgocp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 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