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The Socialism 2026 Conference in Chicago is producing exactly the sort of spectacle Americans might expect from an event devoted to failed ideology.
Videos circulating from the gathering show masked speakers wrapping radical political claims in layers of academic jargon.
One particularly bizarre clip features a masked woman explaining why socialists should reject physical fitness.
In her telling, becoming stronger and healthier apparently risks helping fascists, which is quite a leap even by modern left wing standards.
The speaker, identified as Beatrice Adler Bolton, argues that “fitness is a measure of relative disposability under capitalism” and should not be treated as a worthy personal objective.
She contends that socialists should avoid becoming “more useful to the ruling order.”
That argument turns ordinary habits such as exercise, preparation, and physical discipline into evidence of political submission.
For millions of Americans who visit the gym, walk after dinner, or simply want better health, this theory probably sounds detached from reality.
