A part of it as well is this kind of “hedonist” movement is also probably the only answer these people have to capitalist realism. When you cannot imagine the system ever changing, or things ever improving, what else is there to do besides self-indulgence?
That’s exactly the trap that got me deep into alcoholism for most of myof my 20s. Funny enough, getting sober quickly reminded me why I had been a radical before. Only now, I had the development level to dive deep into theory and came out a commie instead of a teenage anarchist.
A part of it as well is this kind of “hedonist” movement is also probably the only answer these people have to capitalist realism. When you cannot imagine the system ever changing, or things ever improving, what else is there to do besides self-indulgence?
That’s exactly the trap that got me deep into alcoholism for most of myof my 20s. Funny enough, getting sober quickly reminded me why I had been a radical before. Only now, I had the development level to dive deep into theory and came out a commie instead of a teenage anarchist.