People in the imperial core study philosophy and somehow don’t read Marx?
People don't study Marx precisely because they live in the imperial core.
You get sold the story of the inherent subversibility of theory and the continuous process of recuperation, but those things shockingly enough have limits and are sold mostly to demoralize you. People that argue for this stuff "unironically" and seem to not care they're on the losing end of the "ideas war" get pushback precisely BECAUSE they live in the imperial core and know the emperor has no clothes. The empire knows that all that's needed is for enough people to keep pushing this direction to topple the card castle.
People don't study Marx precisely because they live in the imperial core.
You get sold the story of the inherent subversibility of theory and the continuous process of recuperation, but those things shockingly enough have limits and are sold mostly to demoralize you. People that argue for this stuff "unironically" and seem to not care they're on the losing end of the "ideas war" get pushback precisely BECAUSE they live in the imperial core and know the emperor has no clothes. The empire knows that all that's needed is for enough people to keep pushing this direction to topple the card castle.