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What is a Marxist?

Communist, democratic socialist, social democrat and liberal are all different terms for different political understandings. Of course there is some overlap between [i]adjacent [/i]terms. For example, Paul Krugman is a liberal but [i]some [/i]of his ideas are social democratic. There are different distinctions on the right too. Ron Paul is not the same as Paul Ryan, who is not the same as Trump, who is not the same as Mussolini, who is not the same as Hitler. Though again there is some overlap.

Karl Marx wrote nothing about the specifics for a future society and his focus was on critiquing the developments of capitalism. Marx was of course a revolutionary socialist though he would have hated what regimes of the 20th century did in his name. I have read some of his work and I agree with some of his analysis, even though I myself am a democratic socialist.

No folks, CNN is not Marxist. To call something 'Cultural Marxism' is an insult which is baseless on about fifteen different levels. Marx would have hated 'Cultural Marxism', both in any real sense and as the utterly imagined post-McCarthyite straw-man argument.
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
Shut up u liberal commy fashist
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@thatscottishguy: Read what he posted below. He still hasn't got back to me with his economics philosophy. I hope he does actually. It'd be funny to see him try. 😂
thatscottishguy · 26-30, M
Already did. Made me laugh.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@thatscottishguy: Rex is what I think is KingofTheNorth, attemting to pretend to be an Italian playboy 😂.
Cierzo · M
If you do not like the term 'Cultural Marxism', let's call it Gramscianism, since the idea of controlling and changing popular culture came from Gramsci (who was a marxist).

Agree that the term marxist is used too much, like the terms fascist, or nazi.
Cierzo · M
@Burnley123: Milo Yannopoulos having his twitter account censored
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@Cierzo: I disagree with him getting banned but apparently Milo got what he wanted. He should be allowed to speak, then criticised. His language is hateful but he is trolling anyway.

He is/was kind of friends with Laurie Penny, a socialist feminist journalist from my country. Her account of him makes interesting reading and is utterly believable.

https://medium.com/welcome-to-the-scream-room/im-with-the-banned-8d1b6e0b2932#.doqqc413b
Cierzo · M
@Burnley123: He wanted to be banned to become famous? Probably. Like every smart troll, he knows of the Streisand effect. But Twitter got carried away by the PC way. It was their decision anyway.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
Krugman is not a liberal anywhere but in his own imagination. Liberal means FREE! You as an economic entity is free to enter any enterprise you so choose to your own benefit. Krugman does not agree with that philosophy at all. He is a socialist tax and spend.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Pfff. Thanks for proving me right.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@Burnley123: You are truly clueless when it comes to economic theory. So sad you made it this far through life with out any understanding of economic philosophy.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@hippyjoe1955: What economic theory do you espouse? Quote authors please, I know you can. 😂
FreshPerspective · 36-40, F
Bad people use ideas to justify bad behavior and oppress one another for their own personal gain. Happens in religion too. we keep thinking ideas and philosophies will save us from our own human nature. Rookie spiritual revolutionary mistake. We'll either figure it out some day or just keep suffering the consequences of our chimpanzee heritage.
It's much easier to call names than to actually evaluate and sort this stuff out rationally, as you've done. Just saying. 😄
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Of course you are right but people believe that BS. I am sure more people on here use 'cultural Marxism' as an insult than actually know what Marxism is.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
I am active on a local level but I am too shy to get anywhere big.
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Burnley123 · 41-45, M
Not at all but I've read some books on economics.

 
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