self-activity
Bad work habits and sloppy behavior undermine any attempt to construct collectivity. Casual, sloppy behavior means that we don’t care deeply about what we are doing or who we are doing it with. This may come as a surprise to a lot of people. The fact remains: we talk revolution but act reactionary at elementary levels.
There arc two basic things underlying these unfortunate circumstances: 1) people’s idea of how something (like revolution) will happen shapes their work habits; 2) their class background gives them a casual view of politics.
There is no doubt that the Pepsi generation is more politically alive. But this new energy is being channelled by organizers into boring meetings which reproduce the hierarchy of class society. After awhile, critical thinking is eroded and people lose their curiosity. Meetings become a routine like everything else in life.
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