If I could say I was a 100% orthodox Marxist I would be at peace. "After all," I would think, "the contradictions of capitalism make its collapse an inevitability." But these days I just can't say for sure that I believe that to be the case. Marx never could have accounted for the fact that, for example, we have a clock ticking down for how much time we have to stop the environmental damage being caused by capitalism, much less to reverse the damage that has been done. Propaganda and mass media as well have advanced far beyond the capabilities that could have been forseen in the 19th century. I'm not saying I don't believe it'll happen. But I think it's foolish to consider it a foregone conclusion.
If I could say I was a 100% orthodox Marxist I would be at peace. "After all," I would think, "the contradictions of capitalism make its collapse an inevitability." But these days I just can't say for sure that I believe that to be the case. Marx never could have accounted for the fact that, for example, we have a clock ticking down for how much time we have to stop the environmental damage being caused by capitalism, much less to reverse the damage that has been done. Propaganda and mass media as well have advanced far beyond the capabilities that could have been forseen in the 19th century. I'm not saying I don't believe it'll happen. But I think it's foolish to consider it a foregone conclusion.
Yeah I feel like if I went back in time and told Marx we live in capitalist hellworld in the year 2021 he'd be a bit less at peace.