Yes. That I must be it. (and not that you're clearly a far leftist fringe zealot in a blindingly obvious sense).
My bad.

itt People willingly living in countries with soc. med aka literal communism™ calling Americans commies lol You could probably be putting your time to better use trying to escape to freedom instead of dicking around on the internet.

You don't need to go straight to the big leagues first--you can test it out in the minors/midwest nice and far away from the front lines

Sure I hear the exact same thing from the right wing fringe too. What the media is pushing about us is actually representative. Don't worry, let us elect Trump again and you will see how wrong they are.

Consider yourself fortunate.

Is it too late to demand a refund from your college?

I graduated from college in 1982. Marxism was still an oft-discussed topic then. My philosophy department actually had a class called Marx and Marxism, which I believe was usually taught by my graduate advisor at the time.

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I agree with this, too.

No.

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Who exactly is banning you? And what exactly are you banned from?

So a ton of this sort of stuff was discussed in the original crt thread-- but re: Marxism and "the left"-- i.e. what passes for the left today-- the actual Marxists hold much of it in disdain as Marxists focus on class and the "new left" focuses on identity--there can be some debate about how much in opposition these two can be and reams have been written on it- but one shouldn't let the race-mongering-apologists fool you as there is very much a dichotomy between class and identity.

And it's the focus on class that defines the actual left. The right (the actual right) has zero problems with a identity based politics as it serves their interests (c.f. anything by Walter Benn Michaels).

Hitler's politics was certainly identity-based.

There is probably no benign version of so-called identity-politics.

It's part of a very worrying change that does reflect the move to the right and a growing intolerence. Healthy politics includes lots of socialist of varying forms, anarchists etc etc. The intolerence is reflected in a change from 'I think marxism is bad/misguided' to marxists are unacceptable.

But I hope and expect that philosophy/politcal departments still teach Marx. He is one of the greats.

Why? I'd love to have a conversation with a real Marxist.

The main reason for this is the working class have universally rejected Marxism. Marxists just hate the rich and don't care much which group they mobilise to try and "smash the patriarchy" or w/e.

Certainly Marx should be taught, so should CRT, fascism or literally any idea that anyone might find objectionable. Burying ideas only allows them to fester.

Ok but fascism isn't comparable to Marxism as a philosophy or political analysis

And i dont think, to make a crude example, people arguing for the masses owing the means of production can be compared to people arguing for a master race

One of the few quotes by thinkers I will never forget, or forget the moment I read it.

It was revelatory to my young mind. I dont see how you contradict that statement.

The extension of that argument, of how men/women objectify there relations to make them appear external/natural and not of there own making, is off course again something that is hard to contradict.

Written in the 1860s.

That is the thing with Marx, imagine how the nature v nurture debate is going in the 1860s, nature ahead by infinity+1 furlongs, then this guy pops up and argues its all nurture.

That "man is man made."

He is successful enough with these arguments that we are still talking about him in 160 years later.

Of course his thinking should be taught in all Universities, along with the actual relevant critiques and not the fat bloke in pub ones.

The way to think about Marx, is that if he worked in the food industry, he would be an elite restaurant critic, but an absolute woat chef.

I like the driection of that analogy but with the addition of necessity for the critic and the non-existence of any great chefs

Well if you are a full blown Marxist then you dont actually need to do any cooking, just be patient and one day your meal that literally cant be any more delicious will just arrive cooked by 10 star Michelin starred Chef Monsieur Le Resolution of conflict in a higher unity.

And it’s important to remember that nobody in positions of power actually believe the narrative either. The notable anti woke crusaders on TV and in politics went to the same Marxist indoctrination academics did/teach at and pull every string they can to make sure their kids attend as well. They just publicly bash them in front of working class rubes who don’t have any idea what these places are actually like.

@Bobo meet @uke.

You're welcome.

...Certainly Marx should be taught, so should CRT, fascism or literally any idea that anyone might find objectionable. Burying ideas only allows them to fester (or be romanticized).

Added to your last point as I think that is also relevant.

The notion that the working class is anti-Marxist but the ruling class is pro-Marxist seems a bit out of joint.

The main reason (imo) that Marxism isn't taught as much is that it is no longer a major player in governments throughout the world.

A few years after the collapse of the old Soviet Union, Dennis Prager more than once observed, Marxism is only still alive-and-well in Cuba and in universities.

Actually, I had a good friend who was at least a neo-Marxist. He was a brilliant man who had published academic articles both on Postmodernism and on Marxism. He was also one of the kindest and most generous men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.

Sometimes my penchant for sarcasm gets the better of me.

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