#this is a months old tweet thread im reposting here bc i keep thinking abt it

[agnesmontague]

idk how to put this more smartly but theres a weird trend among online leftists who have circled right back around to this quasi-religious hatred of all material need and its just. sorry but needing money to stay alive isn't... greed. you're not selling out by doing an ad read esp if it's something you're doing as a job. even if the job is artistic in nature

anticapitalism is the main tenet here for sure but at the same time it helps to.., idk. not act like we spiritually need to start forfeiting all mortal goods bc it's the one path towards nirvana or something. every once in a while i notice people reinventing asceticism in the name of praxis and it's very Sigma Grindset but with a lefty hat

#rambles #this is a months old tweet thread im reposting here bc i keep thinking abt it #i reread the maupin callout last night and he was a fucking weirdo about this exact thing too: ''socialism requires material suffering'' #which he then used as an excuse to financially abuse his cult members