It is impossible to speak seriously about Marxism in the West without incorporating the role of Christianity in each social formation. “Western Marxism has taken a historic distance from the concrete experiences of socialist transition in the Soviet Union, China, Viet Nam, and Cuba.”
I would recommend reading this and sending this to any radlibs/DSA/anarchists you know
Good essay. The left in the imperial core broadly and specifically the US left has rejected scientific socialism for nearly a century and it's time we bring it back.
I've been thinking about this but I felt like I'd sound like a fucking dumbass so I've kept it to myself. Instead of reason and the scientific method, the left in the imperial core has embraced idealism and this kind of irrational how-dare-you-ism that allows bad faith actors to use identity politics to hijack movements and ostracize valuable comrades.
Good essay. The left in the imperial core broadly and specifically the US left has rejected scientific socialism for nearly a century and it's time we bring it back.
I've been thinking about this but I felt like I'd sound like a fucking dumbass so I've kept it to myself. Instead of reason and the scientific method, the left in the imperial core has embraced idealism and this kind of irrational how-dare-you-ism that allows bad faith actors to use identity politics to hijack movements and ostracize valuable comrades.
Unironically doing the Ben Shapiro bit.