I'm unconvinced that 'Marxism' is the right term for seeing society in terms of oppressor & oppressed groups & prioritising this. People have done this long before Marx because groups have oppressed other groups. What matters is whether their perception is rooted in reality.https://twitter.com/clairlemon/status/1004636732514430976 …
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Moses was not being a proto-Marxist when he mythically said 'Let my people go.' The American revolution was not a form of Marxism. Neither was the Peasants' Revolt or the abolition of slavery. Sometimes ppl see society in terms of oppressed & oppressor groups because it is.
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This is what matters. Is there a good reason to see society in this way? What evidence for it is there? I fear that associating claims of societal injustice with Marxism can often be a form of "You know who also liked dogs? Hitler."
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There's a difference between giving attention to how a particular group oppresses another (e.g. slave holders oppressing slaves) and making the metaphysical claim that the fundamental principle of history is class struggle (historical materialism).
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Building on Hegel's dialectical conception of history, Marx was the first to posit the latter. A large part of the contemporary left seems to hold that the only (!) lens through which to see society is the lens of group oppression (e.g. intersectionality).
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They both draw on Hegel, yes, but they disagree on the grounds of oppression & on epistemology and this matters quite a lot if we want to address the problem as it actually is.
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