Happiness undermines revolutionaries; we should expect it to freak them out. So what if mindfulness delays the overthrow of capitalism. So do exercise, sleep,

Happiness undermines revolutionaries; we should expect it to freak them out. So what if mindfulness delays the overthrow of capitalism. So do exercise, sleep, diet, friends, etc. People telling you not to take care of yourself because your misery is useful to them are not necessarily the ones to follow. Mindfulness doesn’t make your problems go away or destroy your will to be oppositional when necessary. It simply brings clarity and perspective. This is a genuine threat, however, to political movements looking to project their own explanations onto your general sense of unease.