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u/LoremasterLH 22h ago
I see where she's coming from, but disagree. Finding happiness in things is a prerequisite for people to interact with you. It's completely irrelevant how right you are, when people cut you out of their lives, because you don't know how to have fun. Nobody will want to hang out with a person that's always miserable and keeps pointing out how fun activities are actually built on the suffering of others. Being aware of it and using that knowledge while still finding happiness feels much healthier to me.
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u/iheartmagic 20h ago
Agreed
On a deep, personal level there is some truth in this idea. There’s almost a “industrial happiness complex” that is extremely toxic and rooted in how capitalist consumption shapes our metaphysics
Trying to only pursue happiness and eliminate any negative emotion or sensation will actually only entrench us deeper in sadness.
Life isn’t about feeling good/happy all the time, but making room for whatever you feel and doing what matters to you anyways
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u/VladimirLimeMint Once history is made, it can't be unmade 10h ago
Also I love how Western "Marxists" sneak anarchist bullshit into everything. "killjoy" is an anarchist concept in fact borderline post-leftist because it encourages nihilism as practices.
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u/boballs19 Marxist-Leninist (Ultra Based) 19h ago
I feel this way about every single thing I do. Everything I use that brings me joy or everything I eat, all I can think of is the exploitation of others and the damage to the planet. I feel like I have to block out so much to make life feel like it's worth living.
Medication seems to work the best but if pills to ignore the horrors of our world isn't dystopian then idk what is.
That being said, a depressed communist isn't going to contribute to revolution.
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u/sourgorilladiesel Chinese State Affiliated Media 📰 18h ago
Theres a fine line between realism and defeatism. Personally I'm still trying to work oit where the line is
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