There are too many in the western marxist tradition who are marxist because its like the “hidden gem” corner coffeshop of “ideologies” or because its “provocative” - so it becomes abstracted as a matter of social prestige capital (“I am the most morally forthright” “I believe in the secret little thing which makes me smarter than those hillbillies”)
There are too many in the western marxist tradition who are marxist because its like the “hidden gem” corner coffeshop of “ideologies” or because its “provocative” - so it becomes abstracted as a matter of social prestige capital (“I am the most morally forthright” “I believe in the secret little thing which makes me smarter than those hillbillies”)
I found this article an excellent attack on the above sentiment:
https://redsails.org/the-problem-of-recognition-in-transitional-states/