Yes, exactly, and perhaps this is why Americans see more of Marxism in it than I do. Also the American right is more paranoid about communism than UK right anyway.https://twitter.com/AcadFreedom/status/935541413583912963 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I see the Marxism in it not from professors, but more from the protesters. People (esp among right) see these guys and want to make the connection to pomo. But its not a direct, communism exists as a force outside of pomo. For instance, these are protesters in my city, Austin.pic.twitter.com/d3Gge8rDRW
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Replying to @premodernism
But is there Marxism there? What are their economic policies to benefit the working class & control the means of production? Aren't they mostly middle -class kids going on about identity politics?
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yes they are. I know three and they are all white, middle class, and haven't gone to college. The one I've talked to about it seemed marxist, but also ridiculous, so its hard to tell. I don't think they're directly influenced by pomo academia, except maybe intersectionality.
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Replying to @premodernism @HPluckrose
I guess what I'm trying to say is I think there is some real marxism in there, but they didn't learn it in college. They may learn ideas from pomo that go hand in hand, esp the power dynamics stuff, and I think it may empower or embolden them to do what they do...
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Replying to @premodernism
I don't see the Marxism but if you find people are prioritising class issues over race & gender etc, there is Marxism.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I don't see why there can't be both... I think it gets kind of mixed up in these guys where they feel the need to smash the ill-defined capitalo-white supremacist-cisnormative-hetero-patriarchal boogeyman. I do infer much from the hammer and sickle as a symbol of class struggle.
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It is a symbol of that but their money is not where their mouth is.
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