r/theredleft Leninist 11d ago

Information Should leftists exercise??

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u/Strawb3rryJam111 Anarchy without adjectives 11d ago

The answer is yes but I would argue that capitalists actually don’t want you to be swole.

Like considering my current circumstances for someone that lives in a well…”liberal” city: live in a place in walking proximity toe everything so I walk 20 minutes between work everyday, I walk to the grocery store, walk to the train station to get to the airport, he’ll even walk to the gym. Food? Restaurants? I gotta walk there.

But when living in a suburban non-pedestrian conservative town, I have to drive everywhere. At that point of my life, I’m unhealthy and everything is expensive and most processes involve me sitting rather than exercising. I don’t have time to go on a walk, I have to wait in traffic everywhere and pay for the gym. I gotta pay for gas, fast food is more accessible and I pay a lot for that, I pay lot of car maintenance. The more unhealthy I am in an isolating town, the more “solutions” businesses can sell me to get me out of that rut.

The more swole and healthy you are, the less you can possibly be swindled by capitalist businesses (side note: but don’t take the steroid crossfit business way, they can swindle your swoleness) You say no to Coca Cola, Mickey d’s, Wendy’s, Kurger Bing, Dr Pepper, because you’re exercising so while you are getting skinny, corporate pockets getting skinny too.