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AMA July '22: Freedom & Responsibility (...and Dialectical Materialism)

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Is There a Type of Personality That Does Better in School Than Others?

i would tell young people coming up, like you're interested in politics and your and you're looking for a career, the obvious choice might initially be, maybe academia. But there's a certain type of personality that does better in academia than others. You could self educate and then do something like joining a union. And this is just one example, but that could be very fulfilling. Um, you don't take on debt to do it. You learn a trade in a skill set that, you know, in many cases, will always be around. So i really do believe joining a union is probably a better vehicle through which to actively pursue radical politics  than the gauntlet of academia

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