this is good essay with some punching-right that would be innocuous, even pleasant, if not so typical coming from jacobite:https://jacobitemag.com/2018/10/02/empty-realm/ …
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specifically - frankfurt school, author sez blaming them for “cultural marxism” is conspiracy theory, akshually they were good boys, critiquing modernity, turnin’ they lifeworld around
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why not ... both? i discuss the frankfurt school at some length in this review (originally in TAM):https://quaslacrimas.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/review-reason-after-its-eclipse/ …
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there are several reasons specific to the Frankfurt School that some of their insights will be of interest to the right - eg the society they considered typical of “capitalism” also inspired another famous critic of liberal democracy...
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*but* there is also a reason generic to all orthodox marxist writing, namely that their ideology is a foregone conclusion; paradoxically, that frees them to “notice”
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A good American leftist professor can’t allow theyself to notice or understand certain facts that carry politically inconvenient implications *Whatever* a Marxist discovers, the implication is “Workers of the world unite!” - and so they can be relatively free w/ research
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For some this is a matter of genuine faith, for others (Soviet philosopher’s esp.) mere facility with purity-signals But it does tend to lead to some insights Bolshevik propaganda still v shitty for naive undergrads ofc And they waste a lot of time on pseudo-questions
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ps - i adress another idea from the frankfurters in first section here:https://quaslacrimas.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/how-could-anyone-possibly-dislike-jews/ …
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i also touch on the main concerns of “cultural” marxism in other posts: the one on gramsci, and also here:https://quaslacrimas.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/false-consciousness-isnt-cuckoldry/amp/ …
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