• robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    responding to immediate external threats is not discipline. being forced to follow the capitalist’s routine is miserable, trying to impose one upon myself is similarly awful I just don’t also become homeless if I can’t make myself go to the gym or eat less than 2400 kcal in a day.

    • MarxMadness
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      4 months ago

      It’s not self-discipline, but it is discipline. It’s the difference between doing something a coach tells you to do vs. doing it yourself. I think the point here is more “you have the capacity to do a lot more than you might think,” and less “self-discipline is the same as discipline imposed on you.”