Ultimately, Socialist Realism is about the will to change - your life, your memories, your status, your world, and your sense of where you are in the world.
They take every part of you, and life becomes only about them. This sounds bad. It isn’t. It’s a good thing. Life contracts a little bit, taking free time away so only the parts that matter remain. My children became those only parts that mattered.
Chapter 5 of the novel premier of Nosedive by Kendon Luscher. Nosedive is a book about sex, punk, capitalism, homelessness, and getting a job... Enjoy!