I think personally the big thing leftist thought has done for me is gave me the mental toolkit to unlearn the idea of “ meritocratic/meritocracy”. We don’t live in a remotely fair world and the idea it is in any sense fair and justice is disproven in just about every leftist text, thinker, speech, figure throughout history. We get some hints about it in religion text (Speaking as a Christian) but we don’t really see how to break it down outside of personal virtue and kindness (which are cool and good but not a scaleable solution).
I really think it super dope that leftist thinking give you the tools to understand and see the Matrix we live. I also really like how it shows you ways of addressing it.
What are things you think leftist thought has improve your life? Big or small?
Now a lot of the man-made horrors are no longer beyond my comprehension.
Being a liberal was horribly frustrating as bad things just kept happening, seemingly for no reason and you saw yourself as well as a host of rational, well-intentioned people banging your heads against the wall of bourgeois "democracy" to no avail, not understanding why everything kept getting worse and worse.
Being able to understand why the world is awful doesn't remove the pain of actual material bourgeois politics but it spares you a lot of of disappointment from trying to fight it in the marketplace of ideas.
On a more personal level a leftist understanding of capitalism has inoculated me against a lot of toxic and harmful attitudes. I don't blame myself for my dreary personal financial outlook, I blame capitalism. I don't fall victim to scams because I can smell the bullshit.
There are so many grifts trying to make people believe that they can be little rent-seeking junior capitalists receiving passive income for buying in. :cryptocurrency: :dumpster-fire: