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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 16

      Oh crap. I just fell asleep for 3 hours unintentionally and missed two Skype appointments. I am just so tired.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 16

      I have now done those interviews. I have been talking to Marxists about the problems they see with postmodernism and identity studies. I might try to get one of them to write something with me because their differences seem not to be clear to many people.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Oct 16

      Full disclosure: I am sympathetic to Marxism in theory. It's just that in practice, it tends not to work and also lend itself to the formation of totalitarian regimes. Being a social democrat is the closest I can get to supporting my principles of freedom and sharing the wealth.

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        1. Ally Cinnamon‏ @allycinnamon76 Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Yes, this. Had I been alive in any of the first six decades of the 20th century I suspect I would have been a Marxist.

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        1. Niall Mackintosh‏ @Nially_Bhoy Oct 16
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          Metaphorically, any close approach to Marxism is akin to an orbit near to a Black Hole’s 🕳 event horizon: possibly stable, but with a gargantuan risk.pic.twitter.com/GyfP0wSbKc

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        1. Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum‏ @petrogradphilos Oct 16
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          Marxism is bloody and destructive in practice *and* theory.https://www.amazon.com/SOCIALISM-SOCIOPATHIC-PHILOSOPHY-CULMINATING-ENSLAVEMENT-ebook/dp/B07GN8WJB1 …

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        1. Miguel T‏ @uber_miguel Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Whoa whoa whoa, how did this tweet get past Twitter’s “Nuanced Opinion Filter”? (which doesn’t actually exist...or does it?)

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        2. אריק שודי‏ @eschudy Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I was a little Communist in HS. It's such a lovely idea to think that everyone's needs can be met appropriately. And society definitely has the resources. But it can never work due to human nature. People in power will abuse it, others will not contribute, etc., etc.

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        3. אריק שודי‏ @eschudy Oct 16
          Replying to @eschudy @HPluckrose

          I think I felt a twinge of what Einstein did when he learned of the probabilistic nature of quantum mechanics. "Every man according to his needs/means" was my "God does not play dice."

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        2. Nuno Sá‏ @nsascp Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          European Social Democrats used to be a great half way point between savage capitalism and communism. Now they went full lefty on social issues far more extreme than orthodox marxists. And the few that resisted are now labeled as right wing neo-liberals.

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        1. Dave Perry‏ @Flintcoin Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Sociopaths and their darn tendency to seek positions of power over others ruins it every time. Great paper theory with no balance once the government gets too much power.

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        1. Wendy Carter-Sandy‏ @wkcarter2341 Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          You seem too reality based to be a social Dem. I’m guessing you’ll come around with age. :)

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        2. Peter Wolf‏ @peterawolf Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Depends on what you mean by "in practice." "Marxism" is a term that can cover everything from the German SPD and Red Vienna to Stalin's Soviet Union and Mao's China. Historically, Marxism only becomes totalitarian or kills in large numbers when attached to a Leninist apparatus.

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        3. Milton Mueller‏ @miltonmueller Oct 16
          Replying to @peterawolf @HPluckrose

          and, not coincidentally, Marxists never come to power without a Leninist apparatus

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        4. Peter Wolf‏ @peterawolf Oct 16
          Replying to @miltonmueller @HPluckrose

          You seem to have missed the entire first part of the tweet. I know 280 characters is a lot for some to handle, but do feel free to try again.

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        5. Milton Mueller‏ @miltonmueller Oct 16
          Replying to @peterawolf @HPluckrose

          No I didn't miss it, I just didn't take seriously the idea that SPD is "Marxist." You can do some historical reading about "revisionism" if you like. And perhaps bone up on historical materialism and the inevitability of revolution.

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        2. Darío Moisés‏ @DarioMoises9 Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I used to feel that way about Marxism until I realised I hate sharing

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        3. Atilla the Pun‏ @ThomasTiramisu Oct 16
          Replying to @DarioMoises9 @HPluckrose

          Lol

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        2. (((Murshak)))‏ @amurshak Oct 16
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I understand these results as not a tendency of Marxism, but as the actual endgame of the ideas themselves. There’s no getting around it. Marxism produces monstrously murderous totalitarian regimes, inevitably.

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        3. Miguel T‏ @uber_miguel Oct 16
          Replying to @amurshak @HPluckrose

          I don’t think it’s the endgame of that particular set of ideas, but I always felt Marx and his intellectual progeny underestimated just how awful many individuals are.

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