I read a tweet or something recently (maybe on here) about how pretty much everything liberal is just an equal and opposite reaction to American conservatism. Not the worth thing to directly oppose, for sure.

However, I do think that one particularly weak point is that the reaction to the rigidity and discipline of conservatism has bred a lazy "live and let live" sort of counterculture that doesn't make any demand of an actual liberationary movement. As a new American Left arises out of American Neoliberalism, people are going to need to realize that some sort of discipline is going to be necessary if they actually want to achieve any sort of success.

Even in the chaposphere, there can be an anti-work culture, which is understandable considering all the alienation and exploitation and such under capitalism. For those of us who are able though, we need to "get our shit together" and get fit, get educated, and position ourselves as best as we can to really fight for working people.

It makes me feel like an old man, but I'm feeling more and more like "kids these days" (including me) need to stop sleeping in, eat healthy, work out, read t h e o r y, network with other comrades, and even take our jobs seriously (if we are in a skilled trade or career). Also I'm semi-unironically into the volcel ideal. Hook-up, sex pest, and dating drama is a cancer on a revolutionary movement, and I think that we should encourage ourselves and our comrades to build healthy committed relationships that are stable and long lasting. It sounds odd because it has some common ground with religious conservatism, but if we want to breed a revolutionary culture (as opposed to liberal counterculture) I do think that this sort of discipline is going to be necessary.