Just because you can’t wake up and say you’re serving the motherland does not mean you can’t wake up and absolutely crush it as a communist in a capitalist world. You can wake up and serve yourself, serve your community, and do as much as you possibly can to dismantle oppressive structures and get us one step closer to a communist future. Do self care, but don’t grow complacent.
“Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.” - Mao
Edit: we need something corny like /c/motivation or /c/discipline it’ll actually be so helpful
Beautifully put. The late Michael Brooks had similar thoughts regarding personal excellence. He understood his personal excellence in media wasn't at odds with his emotional investment in the political project served by his career. You aren't going to get people on our side whose brains are properly poisoned by the go-get-em #teamnosleep grind culture if we don't incorporate the importance of personal achievement and excellence. This can be decoupled from toxic individualism and you can absolutely be a socialist and want to live up to the fullest extent of your potential. Go get those awards, go get that recognition, go get that promotion, go win those games, etc, while also focusing on our internationalist project.
Michael Brooks and hustler socialism, never forget.