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International Communism is split by more than just Maoism or non Maoism. Even Mao thought he was a Marxist-Leninist, and not a Maoist. There are old and new Trotskyists, Stalinists (who call themselves the real Marxist-Leninists), and even in Maoism there are Third-World Maoists, Maoist-Marxist-Leninists, Neo-Maoists, Traditional Maoists, Maoist Thought with Deng's Theory, and so on and so forth.
I studied Communism and it's history myself. The feelings and evidence of the Cultural Revolution both point to it being a negative time. However, you seem to have an almost jovial remembrance of it, as if it was ultimately a positive thing, even for Marxists. How to do reconcile those who died during the Cultural Revolution and the basic disassembly of the Red Guard for mistakenly political motivations as a response and the attitude that this was somehow a positive event in history?
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I have no problem networking and making friends. I have no problem visiting places with hardships and mystery to them. One thing that concerns me though is how expensive it is to live in DC and surrounding areas. When you say that you have to take low-paying jobs for campaigns and then move to DC to take another low paying job, how do you afford to live? Is there an alternate source of income that you or others have come across?
My other question is about job availability. I know it is quite competitive to get a job in DC, but it seems like employers in DC are all asking for different requirements. Some require high GPAs, some require Masters degrees, some require experiences of some sort. When you completed your job as a staffer, how was the mobility in finding other jobs in DC? Were you already hooked up? Or was it just as difficult to find a job when you first started?
Also, some general job advice wouldn't hurt (other than the things you have already said).
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Terrible fucking advice. Lucid dreaming is not a replacement for therapy.
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What kind of money can people get for donating sperm?
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