Does this refer to puncturing their hypocritical side, or telling the family there are other ways to cope?
Almost. I definitely can’t tell them I don’t want to go to college because of a revolution or something; I’d say, “Weren’t you all just saying you respect my personal choice?” and use that to fight back.
March 31
Nothing major today, just trying to find a reason to take my parents to a breakfast shop to get a bit of the monthly meal money.
Reading club: The reactionary classes will go to every length to restore their paradise; at the beginning of Western Han (early Han) it was like this, and socialist China is the same too. The capitalists and traitors ultimately undermine the dictatorship of the proletariat. But reactionaries are all paper tigers; such forces always look terrifying, yet are actually fragile and rotten. We will surely defeat the forces of restoration and re-establish the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Is there anything meaningful at all? This actually indicates that there isn’t a broad struggle or deep reflection about one’s life.
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Not much hands-on activities, and not only big events; interpersonal communication and theoretical study can also be written about.
We actually chat with classmates every day about topics like Chinese society, so we should bring it up more often in the future.
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April 2
In the future, talk more about my own practical activities.
For example, today, taking the opportunity to play chess with a classmate, I chatted with him about how China is patriarchal; he looked at this view as quite new (we had a good relationship before, and he knows China is a revisionist country, etc.).
Today at the reading club, Matrosov’s story moved me. But two points in it prompted my reflection.
- “Matrosov is a person who values friendship very much… but not the ‘friendship’ of mutual accommodation, mutual protection, and turning a blind eye to problems; rather, comradeship that advances together.” When his friend Korekov did not change, clinging to old ideas and not wanting to participate in collective life, at first he simply cut ties with him. Later his thinking progressed even further, and he knew he should reform his friend’s thoughts and gave him serious criticism. This is the friendship of revolutionary comrades. I thought that after I first joined the forum and wanted Z to write an introduction, and later even urged him to stop playing games, he refused, and I didn’t push further, opting for “isolation.” This isn’t the look of a comrade, not to mention that not promoting it isn’t the spirit of a Communist Party member.
- Matrosov is honest with the collective, as taught to him by Grandfather Magar and the kind people of the Soviet Union Church. Once, on the battlefield, he hid in cover for a day; when he returned, he was seen as a hero, and he apologized and admitted it. This made his image even more towering; such behavior shows him integrating himself into revolutionary collective life. I should also face the collective honestly.
I should systematically reform my life; tomorrow and the days after, I will make a daily list to supervise my task completion.
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April 3
Proletarian self-checklist
- Struggle against indulgence, not succumbing to spiritual opium, low tastes, or yellow waste;
- Communicate and propagate to recruit classmates, rather than treating Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought as your private property or lock yourself away;
- Truly study books and theory seriously, not to swallow information blindly; (Concise World History Modern Part, reading club)
- Participate in household chores.
From now on, before writing today’s diary, review each day with these four items. If you are truly serious, earnest, and meticulous in self-examination, you must not deceive anyone, and must not become formalistic. If one day you become indulged in indulgence, you must not only honestly cancel the check mark, but also attach a textual narration and reflection; if you have exchanges with classmates, you must also describe them in detail. Then write the diary content again.
Today in class was still dull. I found that after I gave up opportunistic living and transitioned to a relatively revolutionary life, the day’s “center of gravity” has changed. Originally, after school every day I would “store up energy” for the next opportunistic life, but now it has become saving energy by taking naps at school, reading, and playing chess; at home reading and attending reading clubs are filled with life enthusiasm and relatively revolutionary passion.
But I do need to communicate more with classmates. My interpersonal relationships are fairly broad, but I often do not talk politics with them (sometimes even go along with others and joke about some very leftist political memes).
Qingming Holiday should be充实/fulfilling. Previously, every weekend was my slack time, often sleeping in and binge-watching videos; in particular, binge-watching videos is a manifestation of bourgeois生活无所事事 and spiritual emptiness. This holiday should include theoretical study, washing dishes and fetching water, going out to exercise.
Hey, how can this Checklist still be clickable after posting? Can comrades click it?
Cannot
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April 4
Proletarian self-checklist
Fight sexual indulgence, and do not be addicted to spiritual opium, lowbrow tastes, or yellow waste;
Communicate and propagate to attract classmates, rather than treating Marxism-Leninism-Maoism theory as private property or closing oneself off;
Truly and earnestly study books and theory, not swallow data whole; (today I didn’t read a bit)
Participate in household chores. (wash dishes and cook lunch)
Today I spent a lot of time writing articles exposing “kards,” and as a result I did not go out. I must go out to exercise tomorrow.
From now on, I will post all my diary entries in the activity reports in the group, which can describe the交流 at school in more detail, so I won’t post this thread anymore.
Or should I post the activity report again here?