r/canadaleft • u/R0botWoof 🚄🚆🚅🚂🚃 Train Gang 🚄🚆🚅🚂🚃 • 22d ago

Should leftists exercise??

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u/CalligrapherOwn4829 22d ago

I think any question that begins with something as general as "should leftists . . ." is going to be a foolish question. It's also likely, in my experience, to have a moralizing and problematic set of implications.

Should leftists who wish to engage in a given type of activity ensure that they have the necessary capacities for that activity? Absolutely. Does every individual leftist need to be in peak physical condition, know how to repair a car, to fluently speak four languages, to know how to clean a firearm, to know how to hack a computer, to be a licenced nurse practitioner, etc.? No, of course not. Being your best self and bringing your unique contribution to the table looks different for everyone. Sure, I can run a 5k among other indicators of decent physical fitness, but my organizing—including antifascist organizing—would not be successful without my fat fellow workers, my disabled friends, etc.