Comments by "Mark Pawelek" (@mark4asp) on "Why Wasn't I Told This About Conservatives? (Pt. 2) | James Lindsay | ACADEMIA | Rubin Report" video.

  1. My red pill moment was when I realized all the "progressives" are unified by their hatred of the existing order. And in their hate they are happy to destroy precious institutions such as: equality, universal rights, 'free speech' - which is the cornerstone of another precious institution: 'Democracy'. Now, I too, may hate the existing order, but I don't think we can throw it away without putting something better in place. Progressives have nothing better. Like Marxists, they think if they just burn what is, new & better things will arise spontaneously. You know: like they DID NOT in Cuba, Vietnam, China, Russia, ...
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  2. Critical Race Theory, CRT, is a very weird thing. Previous Marxian writers suggest CRT, & all ideas obsessed with identity, are antithetical to Marxism [ see: Kenan Malik, 1996 "The Meaning of Race" ]. Malik's argument is fascinating & compelling. Yet CRT was descended from a fork off Marxism called Frankfurt School "Critical Theory". Not just a fork, but from only one Frankfurt School writer: Herbert Marcuse. Without being Marxist, I basically agree with Malik's 1996 analysis of the identity movements. Yet I will not deny that these modern Critical Race Theorists see themselves as Marxists, they call themselves Marxists, and they act like Bolsheviks.
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