i think the key is to have a certain balance. Stay positive in certain aspects of your life activities, have principles and interests. Be true to them. Cherish those that mean a lot to you and appreciate them everyday.

But to quote a rage against the machine lyric “if ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face”

I don’t think many even know what a communist is or what communism is about. it just makes them feel upset when they hear the word because of constant corporate mass media conditioning.

Not OP but Detroit picture is in Edward Burtynsky’s ‘Oil’ photograph collection: https://www.edwardburtynsky.com/projects/photographs/oil