{"id":659994,"date":"2025-02-19T18:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T23:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=659994"},"modified":"2025-02-19T18:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T23:13:40","slug":"what-is-a-citizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/19\/what-is-a-citizen\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a citizen?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A complete citizen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Citizen &amp; privileges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the children of kings are generally instructed in<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>  riding and warlike exercises; and thus Euripides says:<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 No showy arts Be mine, but teach me what the state requires.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No showy arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private versus public life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Labor of your hands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Become a man of consequence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Calm. Stoic calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Less information or just enough information ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Man\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s duty is towards himself<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just keep waiting<br>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The domestic employments of each of them are also different; it is the<br>man&#8217;s business to acquire subsistence, the woman&#8217;s to take care of it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excerpt From<br>Politics: A Treatise on Government<br>Aristotle<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mans duty to acquire , woman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s job to take care of it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither slaves nor free men<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boys are different from men<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are citizens though imperfect ones \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mechanics were either slaves or foreigners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best regulated states will not allow mechanics to be a citizen \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only upgrade it once it actually breaks? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mechanics and hired servants, \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Virtue and dignity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Virtue &#8212; cannot achieve it as a mechanic or a hired servant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good man , excellent citizen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Man is an animal naturally formed for society ***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Domestic government<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Physic &#8211; , gym gymnastic exercises \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<br>Wrong principles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City: community of Free men<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supreme Power<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Democracy is for only the poor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sake of being as happy and independent as possible<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public entertainment to promote friendship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Love of sociability is friendship itself \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perfect independent life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the sake of living well and happily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music and poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acquire honors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Architect to the mason<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bliss ,, nirvana<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To me the sun is Nirvana?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The philosophy of the politician<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The greatest landed property<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Noble birth &#8212; fountain of virtue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Justice is a virtue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stronger richer and better<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lions versus the hares<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Better to show off your gym in your body then your car? Assuming you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not taking steroids<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">virtuous showing off<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00ef\u00bf\u00bcwe all seem to have a small inferiority bias\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 What if it were virtuous to have a superiority bias?\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, the only reason why you would ever be annoyed by seeing other people\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs cars which are more impressive than yours, or seeing their homes which seem more superior to yours, or lifestyle and clothes etc.\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Is because in fact you feel some sort of inferiority ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">superior body superior kid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The funny thing is now i\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure anybody who is childless, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re kind of invisible or don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t exist to me anymore. Before I had a kid, I felt that somehow\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 All these other guys were trying to size me up or whatever, but now that I have a son, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re kind of invisible or inconsequensial to me. They have no consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">the ethics of comparing your kids with other kids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No eagle would ever brag that their offspring is superior to a hare. In a similar vein, I think also\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 To compare contrast or to brag or to reign some sort of superiority is to equivalize. \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if you simply do believe that you and your kids and your family is a different breed, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t compare contrast, or rink. <strong>You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re like in a different category.\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Superior valor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t restrain or banish those who are too great<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Private utility, public good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elected tyranny<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heroic times \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<br>\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hereditary generalship<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judge particulars \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let two together go<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philosopher warrior king<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King Leonidas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aggression, modern-day aggression?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warrior King<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The politics of bitcoin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kingly power \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start to measure things in bitcoins, not USD \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What that then means is kind of ignore the US dollar price of bitcoin, but rather the more intelligent strategy is to figure out how to accumulate and acquire more bitcoins? \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Submit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Administered by the best Men<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excel in virtue \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meat PR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dignity in which they live<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Losers versus winners \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00ef\u00bf\u00bc<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your own personal oasis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macro vs micro decisions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disregard or don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t worry too much about the micro , focus on the macro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Think and consider your whole family ecosystem<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A complete citizen Citizen &amp; privileges \u00ef\u00bf\u00bc\u00e2\u20ac\u0153the children of kings are generally instructed in &#8220;\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 No showy arts Be mine, but teach me what the state requires.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d No showy arts Private versus public life\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659995,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659994\/revisions\/659995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}