The Daily Stoic - This Is a War We Are Fighting

Episode Date: June 2, 2020

"It would be easy to say that this is someone else’s fight. It is easy to say, as some pundits have said, that this is not a fight at all. You don’t go to war with a virus. That’s not how it works. But according to Andrew Roberts, the great biographer of Churchill and Napoleon, that is exactly what is happening and exactly how this works."Hear more from Andrew Roberts, and listen to Ryan discuss the importance of a total fight against the pandemic, on today's Daily Stoic Podcast.***If you enjoyed this week’s podcast, we’d love for you to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps with our visibility, and the more people listen to the podcast, the more we can invest into it and make it even better.Sign up for the Daily Stoic email: http://DailyStoic.com/signupFollow @DailyStoic:Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanholidayInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanholiday/Facebook: http://facebook.com/ryanholidayYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/dailystoicSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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greatest men and women. For more, you can visit us at dailystowach.com. This is the war we are fighting. It would be easy to say that this is someone else's fight. It is easy to say, as some pundits have said, that this is not a fight at all. You don't go to war with a virus, they sneer at, that's not how this works. But according to Andrew Roberts,

the great biographer of Churchill and Napoleon, that is exactly what is happening and exactly how this works. He asked when we spoke to him for the Daily Stood Podcast, if he could conclude the conversation by reading a passage from a speech Churchill gave to the Royal College of Physicians in 1944. The discoveries of healing science must be the inheritance of all. That is clear,

disease must be attacked whether it occurs in the poorest or the richest man or woman, so clear on the ground that it is the enemy. And it must be attacked just in the same way as the fibergade will give its full assistance to the humblest cottage as readily as to the most important mansion. The war against disease, against pestilence, against infant mortality, these have been the collective battles of humanity since before Marcus Aurelius. Indeed, those were the primary battles of Marcus Aurelius' life. He fought against the Antenine Plague,

selling off the imperial treasures and forgiving Rome's debts as he did so, not out of self-preservation, in fact he ultimately died of it, but because he cared about other people, he fought armed only with the crudest medicines and understanding of science to help everyone he could, even as he mourned the deaths of his own young children. It's so easy to say as people now feel comfortable saying on the internet, oh, but many of these people might have died anyway. COVID-19 only affects the elderly and the immunocompromised. Disgusting. Heartless. It's also easy to say as people do from inside their mansions and with their comfortable finances,

that we should all just stay and lock down until this is over. This too is heartless to those who will lose their jobs who are trapped in abusive domestic situations who suffer from depression and the unborn future generations who are deprived of the growth and dynamism of the economy. War is hard, it is not easy, it is not clean,

but it must be fought. It demands your sacrifices. It's victims demand your compassion and its mercilessness spits in the face of your glib and selfish attitudes. The virus is the enemy, as Churchill said. It must be attacked on the ground with everything we have. It needs you to hold your shield as the Spartans did for the protection of the whole line. If you're liking this podcast, we would love for you to subscribe. Please leave us a review on iTunes or any of your favorite podcast listening apps. It really helps and tell a friend. Hey, prime members, you can listen to the Daily Stoic early and ad free on Amazon music. Download the Amazon music app today, or you can listen early and ad free with Wondery

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