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the only real marxism is the kind in my forthcoming "Think Piece"

who can say? it's hard to say how big the audience for any of this is. but certainly people are moving in different directions as the left undergoes one of its periodic fragmentations.

i did read it, and thought it was good. my question, as always, is how many people are part of the conversation. i'll never have a clear answer to that, not really. but that piece, and what it sums up, captures a shift in the thinking of a certain % of folks

I think you're completely correct about it being 100% unclear just how big the audience for this crap is. One of the reasons I've been fairly resistant to the idea of writing more stuff like this is that I don't consider talking to the left to be particularly useful.

i mean, it was a great piece, but what *is* the ultimate impact of its appearance in the world? mark fisher certainly wrote one very good essay, but mark fisher is no longer with us. how many have actually read that essay? i wonder about that.