yeah the thing about marxists is they love to drop lines like that - "MOST things are explained by class conflict, with a dash of crazy randomness" - but like, when you go looking, BARELY ANYTHING is explained by class conflict.
"BARELY ANYTHING is explained by class conflict," my brother in christ, are you seeing the consolidation of the American capitalist elite around a fascist dictator?
that's not class conflict! you can't point to anything rich people do and say "ah, class conflict"
okay ketzelah! i can see we're not going to get anywhere on this. my central contention is that you don't really take the time to understand a marxist, so it's easy to dismiss what's useful about it. i'm not even reallly a marxist! I just think you're negatively polarized against annoying leftists.
I do understand it, is the thing. The problem is that you are not allowed to criticize Marx. Literally that's the issue!
Apr 21, 2025 20:13you aren't literate or capable of coherent critique. this is just a never ending tantrum about being the only middle aged trust fund manchild shitlib to actually fail downwards.
