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unganseylike · 2 years ago

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on one hand i think a lot of college is fake woke shit and people who will go work for a corporation as soon as they leave. on the other hand im gonna miss walking into a classroom the first day and the professor immediately opening using text from the communist manifesto bc theres a baseline expectation that people wont be immediately opposed to communism (whereas in my conservative home town my teachers would belittle me for not being an ardent capitalist). or the experience of another prof being so enraptured by his own argument against capitalism he unconsciously threw a marker across the classroom. and a lot of other subtle stuff. like the assumption people wont be homophobic or will make an effort with pronouns etc, and you can make jokes about this stuff and people will find it funny (in contrast me making a joke this summer in different environment about all clothes being gender neutral and shocking someone). Like even if its just performative, i’ll miss that expectation of leftist politics when i leave college

#just thinking about it bc im pissed at my friends rn for antisemitic stuff but where else in the country will i be as safe as here #its like. the balance of being a PWI with lots of shitheads but also the social expectation of most shitheads to at least act like a leftist #and beyond that professors who are radical and cool (which is something i get to see alot as a student activist)#like theyll let me make announcements about protests to a whole class!#and they are professionals who are anti capitalist leftist sometimes activists themselves #then again i think you can find spaces anywhere. it was even great when meeting activists from other orgs and immediately being able to talk #stuff that requires leftist ideals as a baseline #however I literally have a govt job now so . well see what happens w that but my employer is gay so at least theres that #sorry am currently going crazy while not talking to my friends rn. but uhhhh separate issu

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