The world is good
Creating the most meaningful connections
making your community a better place
being a good steward of the environment
making art, love, and intellect
That all sounds mostly good, I guess. Not a fan of the Just World take, but…
This is the essence of conservatism.
LOL.
you develop better spiritual equipment
yeah no, I will stop reading there
You missed the fun part at the very end.
Not old, but getting older. My understanding of Marxism-Leninism only becomes more refined and pragmatic as I grow.
I feel like a lot of “former leftists” were never really “leftists”. They adopted trendy nomenclature to impress the people around them, not actually studying revolutionary theory and practice for even a second. I don’t understand how, without undergoing some exceptional degeneration of their mental state, one could go from witnessing reality through the lens of dialectical materialism to just stopping, reverting back to purely idealistic thinking. It makes no goddamn sense to me, unless they never really understood or accepted materialism’s premises in the first place.
The worst political devolution I’d ever foresee for myself is becoming disillusioned at an old age and starting to canvass for left-of-centres or whatever. All the while resenting myself and the opportunists I’d be representing. I can understand that sort of political nihilism taking over a dedicated revolutionary, but becoming an outright fascist or reactionary?
I’ve semi-jokingly told my friends to either put me down or get me to a neuroscientist immediately if I started preaching right-wing bullshit, because something must have seriously broken in my brain.
Now I’m actually 16
Quite likely, aye
I know it’s a comforting thought and all, but this is a forming person rejecting pointless teenage rebellion instead of finding a point.
Manicheism =/= leftism
