redgreenvines said:

but we have entered an alternate reality

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Stephen1123 said:

The Cynics were a group of people in Greece who noticed the hypocrisy/declination brewing in their culture and cast off their wealth (if they had it) and lived as a humble ascetic. As well as going out on the streets and calling out those they saw as adding the decline using wit and satire to get a point across.

Cynics nowadays are complainers, not willing to take responsibility for their own involvement, however subtle, in what they oppose.

Cynics were social activists.
Now it's just a silly label you can choose if you're disgruntled.

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