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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (16 children)

Does anybody understand what this meme is trying to say? I feel like its pretty obvious

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (14 children)

Some kind of commie drivel that’s literally incomprehensible since the last nail in the coffin of scientific Marxism in the 70s

You can even see identity politics held at the gunpoint to make it more appealing to minorities though no one knows how those matters relate to any of this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

https://josephheath.substack.com/p/john-rawls-and-the-death-of-western Here, amazing essay from renowned prof

I want to emphasize that several of the greatest minds in political philosophy of the 20th century spent the better part of two decades working the salt mines of Marxist theory, trying to make the “exploitation” critique of capitalism work and every single one of them gave up and became an egalitarian. Surely that should count for something! Anyhow, there’s no need to take my word for it, the library is full of books.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Some academics became liberals after having flirted with Marxism. This is relevant why exactly? I mean, I can cite many great minds who remained Marxists and even advanced the theory. Ever heard of Paul Cockshott? Alan Contrell? David Zachariah? Emanuel Farjoun?

These guys (and some others) actually worked on Marxist economic theory and modernized it. They lived through the collapse of the USSR and remained steadfast in their beliefs. And I haven't talked about countless other minds in anthropology, history, contemporary social studies and philosophy who have used dialectical materialism as a foundation to achieve great results.

And so I want to emphasize something.

every single one of them gave up and became an egalitarian.

Is blatantly and literally false.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Marxism is not the only anti-capitalist critique. There are more modern non-Marxist critiques of capitalism such as the theory of inalienable rights. See: https://www.ellerman.org/inalienable-rights-part-i-the-basic-argument/

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