2. So goobers in the Trump administration are worried about "Cultural Marxism" in the "Deep State" opposing Trump. http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/10/heres-the-memo-that-blew-up-the-nsc/amp/ …
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3. So "cultural Marxism" is a big boogeyman on the alt-right: it's the people who are supposedly responsible for creating PC, feminism, etc
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4. The actual historical "cultural Marxists" (or "Western Marxists") were the Frankfurt School: Adorno, Benjamin, Marcuse etc.
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5. Cultural Marxists earned their name because they sought to supplant & update Marx's economic system with recognition of cultural forces.
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6. Frankfurt School marginalized for decades (at odds with both Stalinism of East & capitalism of West) but enjoyed 1960s resurgence
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7. For a variety of reasons Marcuse was most popular Frankfurt School figure in New Left (live in CA, Angela Davis student, wrote about sex)
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8. By coincidence Marcuse was in France in 1968 and incorrectly portrayed by press as major instigator.
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9. The conspiracy minded John Birch Society picked up on idea of Marcuse as evil masterminded & made it part of their lore.
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10. John Wayne was a Bircher and in Playboy interview of May 1971 repeats idea of Marcuse as root of all New Left evil.pic.twitter.com/POEkrvcG60
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you ever read Charles Platt's interview with the founder of military science fiction as a distinct genre, Jerry Pournelle?
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And still an active blogger https://www.jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/nuclear-war-fire-and-fury-we-seem-to-have-lost-the-fourth-amendment-but-who-cares/ …
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