• yesman@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    It’s no secret to progressives that authoritarian agendas thrive when working-class voters feel abandoned

    It’s nice they included this statement as the first sentence. It’s lets you know right up front that if you don’t accept this premise, then the conclusions that follow are going to be incoherent.

    Progressives need to realize that Marxism is a fine tool for some problems and not the answer to every question. It’s not just the economy, stupid.

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      6 days ago

      Marxism is so much more than the economy, and arguably has nothing to do with the economy at all, that’s Marxist-Engelsism. Marxism proper is just a philosophy of social history.