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The “Far Right,” those bad puppies, have been calling proponents of Critical Race Theory “Marxists.” Is that true? If it is, does it matter? Or maybe these ones are nice Marxists? Marxism — Defining the Term
Let us begin by defining that the term. Marxism is a political ideology rising from the teachings of Karl Marx and his associate, Friedrich Engels. In theory, both men were atheists or “dialectical materialists,” though some scholars are startled by what might be called Marx’s Satanic Verses , poems he wrote as a young man about destruction of the world, and his fascination with selling one’s soul to the devil. Marxism can be called a “religion” in the broad sense, an “ultimate concern” as Paul Tillich put it. (Though I couldn’t talk Rodney Stark into buying that definition .)
So what was Marx’s “ultimate concern?” “Raise the poor?” Don’t be silly. Marx seldom showed much practical concern for the poor. He formulated a theory of history according to which society naturally evolved from “primitive communism” to slavery, feudalism, capitalism, socialism, and ultimately communism, at which point the State would melt away. And communism, Marx and Engels said, abolishes all morality, religion, and eternal truth. It’s just science.
Only things didn’t unfold that way. Primitive communism probably seldom existed. One finds, in many simple societies, intense forms of the exploitation and cruelty that define the nastiest civilizations. The New Form of Marxism — A More Ruthless Ruling Class
Revolution did not break out in advanced nations like America and Germany where Marx predicted, but rather in war-torn Russia, early in its industrialization. Bolshevism then spread by conquest, much like Islam, with a book in one hand and a sword in the other. A new form of Marxism enveloped a more agricultural China. It wasn’t the “working class,” chimney sweeps, and factory hands, who led the revolution, it was mostly teachers and students. (Marx himself was an eternal student.) And rather than being sparked by the inevitable laws of history, party agitators had to preach, terrorize, shoot people, and lay thousands of miles of barbed wire to […]
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They’re Trying to Shut Us Down
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