My read on Robinson is that his whole shtick is to try and make socialism appear respectable to liberals. In order to do that, he needs to draw a distinction between the bad revolutionary Marxist form of socialism, and the good socialism that avoids spooking liberals by pursuing electoral paths instead of calling for a dictatorship of the proletariat. The psychology is the same as a gay guy who tries to assure straight people that not all gay men are effeminate and sex crazed--that he's one of the respectable ones.
Edit: it was a genuine question, I like Wolff, and I think that like Bernie he has an honest/earnest demeanor, but I just didn't know if there was a more substantial observation that someone had made.
My read on Robinson is that his whole shtick is to try and make socialism appear respectable to liberals. In order to do that, he needs to draw a distinction between the bad revolutionary Marxist form of socialism, and the good socialism that avoids spooking liberals by pursuing electoral paths instead of calling for a dictatorship of the proletariat. The psychology is the same as a gay guy who tries to assure straight people that not all gay men are effeminate and sex crazed--that he's one of the respectable ones.
Definition of opportunism.
Richard wolf and David harvey are the only respectable forms of that, because they are honest.
What particularly makes them honest?
Edit: it was a genuine question, I like Wolff, and I think that like Bernie he has an honest/earnest demeanor, but I just didn't know if there was a more substantial observation that someone had made.