Maybe you should consider being more stoic about it.

Stoicism is a technology of control — inward control so the outward system can function. It’s the same structure as algorithmic behavior modification, as corporate “resilience” doctrine, as military discipline, as American hustle culture.

Maybe see the cup for what the cup is, not what you wish it to be for yourself to cope with reality.

Furthermore it is not “rude” to criticize something. And Aurelius would certainly call you out on that with a laugh.

>Furthermore it is not “rude” to criticize something.

I think it's rude to criticize someone if the criticism is not made in good faith. The fact that Aurelius was part of the Roman Empire does not mean that he practiced stoicism explicitly so that he could justify military actions. It's reductive at the very least.