@okayultra afaict, 1950s USA actually was pretty stultifyingly conformist. His theory of why, and what to do about it, was mostly wrong, but
@okayultra Understanding why so many intelligent people found Marcuse a revelation in 60s helps understand why he’s both used and wrong now.
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@okayultra “Wrong” because problems and resources have both changed; “used” because culture warriors haven’t caught up to present; -
@okayultra and “atomized” partly because he’s now *obviously* wrong if you take the theory as a whole.
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