This mode of living takes the form of meticulous daily planners, highly controlled diets and exercise, a confident gait, leadership systems, five-year plans, personal assessments, and action items. The affirming have heard the promises made by society, accept them as legitimate, and intend to cash them in for as long as they can. The system basically works, they feel. And where it doesn’t work, they can be part of the sacred effort to perfect it by ending injustices, inspiring individuals, and overcoming nature. Theirs is a life of Total Work, self-improvement, and measurable successes, of
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