In working on an article right now [won’t say on what because that’s not the focus], but I’m having to read and cite a lot of stuff for it. And it’d be so nice to just not have to. Just be able to go in front of a camera and be like “Stalin personally ate 5 million people” and get paid to do so. Or be like those guys who can barely read the communist manifesto [a 48 page pamphlet] but proudly announce they’ve debunked communism.
I mean…I wont…I’m too principled and honestly I would still have no motivation for it because I hate doing bullshit. But it would be easier if I didn’t hate it…
I love to research and read and study! Academically, sure, but I really love to do it for fun on topics that interest me. I write big long essays to consolidate my learning for myself, but the greatest joy is leaving my bibliography as an ugly pile of unformatted slop at the end!