Tag: the discourse

Reading a critique of Marx (Revolutionary Motivation and Rationalism by Allen Buchanan) and came across this little gem of wew

 "The crushing contradictions of capitalism have
given way to the tolerable tensions of the welfare state. The norma-
tive inadequacy of Marx’s view seems to follow as a matter of course:
granted the proletariat’s improved condition, it is no longer obvious
that revolutionary activity is rational.“

TFW callout culture seems to bear a striking resemblance to Maoist self criticism sessions, and is probably a descendant of Maoist tendencies within the 60s new left

Which like IDK, it’s a weird context thing we don’t acknowledge, I’m not like saying the practice isn’t ever useful, or is evil because of where it descends from and like I’m not even saying that like Maoists are terrible, because like… I feel like what people say their tendency is matters a lot less than their actual praxis and personal interpretation of that tendency.

But I feel like not acknowledging the leftist context of a lot of tumblr’s social justice rhetoric leads to a lot of bad discourse.  Cause like ideas come from places and we need to understand original context in order to apply them properly.