(1/3) Well I don’t think there was a founder— an obscure critic named J.M. Thompson coined the term in 1914 to describe a trend in skepticism he observed/identified with. Its origins are debated, but it *was* later popularized by French post-structuralists...
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @simon_enefer and
(2/3)Like Foucault (Marxist before, but essentially abandoned politics for more personal philisophy), Lyotard (Post-Marxist throughout), and Derrida (anti-Communist and essentially a Libertarian through the 80s as I understand it, then embraced Marxism AFTER the Berlin Wall fell)
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Replying to @OhNoIts2016 @KEEMSTAR and
I think you will find Derrida wa a Marxist too, at least in the sixties. Post-modernism is a reaction by Marxist to the failures of Marxism and Maoism. George Orwell put it best " They (socialist) don't love the poor they hate the rich".
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Er, George Orwell was an *extremely* ardent socialist (https://www.biographyonline.net/socialism-george-orwell/ …), Ann Coulter was the one who said that. Orwell was an actual communist revolutionary in Spain, he just loathed Stalinism (in part bc Stalinists invaded Catalonia) and totalitarianism.
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @simon_enefer and
I read just a bit about Derrida’s political views, but Marxism was VERY popular w/his ilk in the 60s, it’s at least an influence. I just know he hated the French Communist Party, was called a “libertarian pessimist” in the 80s, & acted SUPER pro-Marx once the US was unchallenged
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @simon_enefer and
But just FYI, political Marxists don’t believe Marxism has failed. Many believe *Leninism* has generally failed, which I also believe, but political Marxism has a wide range of interpretations, bc Marx wasn’t specific as to what an ideal government for socialism would look like
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @KEEMSTAR and
Ah! The "it hasn't been tried" argument! Example. You and I and 8 others are studying, all mark's to be shared equally between us. You and others study hard, the rest just party. Instead of an A you get a C as I does everyone. What will you do next term, study or party?
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Nah, political Marxism has been tried, socialism has been tried many more times, and even communism has been tried— George Orwell helped try it, actually, worked until they got invaded on two fronts But there are many Marxists who believe in a *different* form of Marxist praxis.
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @simon_enefer and
Your grade analogy is based on a very, very common fundamental misunderstanding of Marxism or socialism. Redistribution isn’t a continuous hallmark of socialism, it’s usually instead seen as necessary for *beginning* socialism, and the goal has never been complete equality.
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Replying to @mediocre_danny @simon_enefer and
Just so I’m clear about my biases: I subscribe to most strands of Marxist theory, but don’t believe Marx’s “approved” forms of revolution and transitional government (which weren’t as detailed as his descriptions of capitalism) are ideal. I use an Anarchist lens for that part.
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1. Interesting mix. I think having a fixed ideology is a fundamentally flawed approach. Reality is too complex to be amenable to this approach. My bias is to the right, but I get most annoyed by its obvious errors, like libertarianism or capitalism is perfect, 2008 anyone!
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Replying to @simon_enefer @KEEMSTAR and
Honestly, that’s a pretty postmodernist-adjacent stance!
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