Cultural Marxism: The Greatest Political Strategy in History

[Anti Globalist]

Great read.

 

[bracknelson]

In my opinion, definitely it is a threat as it has created a society that is racially mixed but extremely politically divided, sexually promiscuous, abrasive, hedonistic, and flat-out bizarre.

 

[Meritocrat]

Cultural Revolution in America?

 

[Occam's Banana]

Antonio Gramsci, Cultural Marxism, Wokeness, and Leninism 4.0

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 16

If you want to understand the present moment, especially how similar Wokeness seems to Mao's Cultural Revolution, you have to understand the Italian communist Antonio Gramsci. Gramsci wrote a series of essays and books while imprisoned by the Italian fascists in the 1920s and 1930s that are referred to as his Prison Notebooks. These are the birthplace of Cultural Marxism, which James Lindsay argues has evolved into "Identity Marxism" since. Once you understand Gramsci, you can easily understand what is going on with our society at present and understand more clearly than ever why it must be resisted.

Though he didn't coin the term, the idea fellow communist Rudi Dutschke would name "the long march through the institutions" in 1967 is ultimately Gramsci's roadmap to getting communism to take hold in the West. Gramsci identifies that the "cultural hegemony" of Western cultures prevented communism from having any chance of taking root, so he recommended a strategy that seeks to tear apart and capture major cultural institutions, including religion, family, education, media, and law. Mao understood this clearly and used it to devastating effect. The same thing is happening throughout the West today. Join James Lindsay as he explains the thought and relevance of Antonio Gramsci in today's Woke movement, which he aptly brands "Leninism 4.0."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdsSIWh_VkQ

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

From the article:

There are three phases to the revolution in this regard: first, take claim to be the ruling class in culture; second, seize State power; third, transform completely the economic base.

I think the eyes of many people glaze over when hearing theory, so I always try to apply the theory.

A good example of the 3 phase revolution is slave reparations:


1. Instill guilt and culpability through institutions of education, media, etc.

2. Elect local, state, & national officials sympatheic to reparations.

3. Transform the economic base with government money transfers, including a tax to pay for reparations.

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

"There is a religious war going on in our country for the soul of America. It is a cultural war,.."

--Pat Buchanan

 

[The Northbreather]

It’s clearly better to agree that we have all been given the gift of liberty and sovereignty by our creator, all possessing a spark of divinity rather than to believe it’s a benevolent duty of the state to bludgeon morality and fairness into reality under the guise of justice, progress and equality.

If we forget about God and let the idea that’s there is no law higher than the law of man prevail, the bludgeoners will destroy all reality in the name of fairness and progress..

 

[otherone]

The woke left can recognize no authority above the state, whether Christianity or otherwise.

 

[larryklein]

Indeed marxism is one of the most popular ideologies today, and I honestly believe that it is right that it is well recognized and followed. Marxism is a critical theory, and I acknowledge the base it bases its theory on. This is first because I believe that not every human needs to have the same view as others. Why are we all inclined toward the same lens to see the world? In context to the postmodern world in which we live, we need to have a more personal outlook towards the earth. We don't have to believe in everything that is told. It's ok to question the meta-narratives and have a differing ideology.

Another reason why marxism is critical is due to the consequences of capitalism in the economic world. Not just in our personal lives but in an international context, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting worse. I don't entirely oppose capitalism, but I believe that in economics, the profit percentage of the owners needs to be significantly reduced. And this is why you, too, have mentioned that the elites do not follow it. Well, they do not wish to reduce their profits.

For me, what marxism does on the very basis is that it makes people conscious about the influencing superstructures of society. We, as humans with our thoughts, need to identify what of our consciousness is our own and what has been enforced onto us.

 

[acptulsa]

Indeed marxism is one of the most popular ideologies today, and I honestly believe that it is right that it is well recognized and followed. Marxism is a critical theory, and I acknowledge the base it bases its theory on. This is first because I believe that not every human needs to have the same view as others.

So you're good with enslaving people and all for a system proven time after time after time to turn plenty into scarcity? And only because you think that would be a diverse thought, maybe even make you look like a rebel?

And here I thought you were artificial intelligence. It turns out you're artificial stupidity.

 

[CaptUSA]

Indeed marxism is one of the most popular ideologies today, and I honestly believe that it is right that it is well recognized and followed. Marxism is a critical theory, and I acknowledge the base it bases its theory on. This is first because I believe that not every human needs to have the same view as others. Why are we all inclined toward the same lens to see the world? In context to the postmodern world in which we live, we need to have a more personal outlook towards the earth. We don't have to believe in everything that is told. It's ok to question the meta-narratives and have a differing ideology.

Another reason why marxism is critical is due to the consequences of capitalism in the economic world. Not just in our personal lives but in an international context, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting worse. I don't entirely oppose capitalism, but I believe that in economics, the profit percentage of the owners needs to be significantly reduced. And this is why you, too, have mentioned that the elites do not follow it. Well, they do not wish to reduce their profits.

For me, what marxism does on the very basis is that it makes people conscious about the influencing superstructures of society. We, as humans with our thoughts, need to identify what of our consciousness is our own and what has been enforced onto us.

This has to be a joke, right. So much of what you said is just not true.

1. Marxism is based on a labor theory of value that is just not accurate. Demonstrably, the subjective theory of value reflects a better understanding of human nature. It's why it creates wealth as opposed to destroying it. And it reflects the differences between what people value. Marxism has no concept of that.
2. Marxism DEMANDS that everyone have the same view. Ever notice how non-Marxists get treated by Marxists?!
3. The rich are getting richer, but so are the poor. Your claim that the poor are getting worse is just factually false. Empirical data mean nothing to Marxists. What is true is that the poor in Marxist countries have less ability to escape poverty. And the more that Capitalist countries turn that way, the more harm is done to the poor.
4. The "profit percentage" isn't up to you. (I guess you missed the irony of saying that we don't need to see the world through the same lens, while advocating the whole world adhere to your values.) The "profit percentage" is up to both people in the exchange. Even when you sell your labor to someone, you both profit - otherwise, you wouldn't do it. If you're unhappy about your percentage, find a different buyer or improve your product. That's what "owners" do. (But again, Marxism denies that you are the owner of your own labor.)
5. Marxism confuses gullible and lazy people into thinking they are being exploited. That's a great way to sell books and to incite unrest, but it does nothing to improve the lives of people. If you want greater rewards out of life, the answer is simple - provide more value to your fellow man. You will both benefit. You can complain about "superstructures" but capitalism doesn't require those. It just requires enforcement of private property rights - including your own body and labor. The "superstructures" are created by Cronyists and Marxists.
6. The only "force" required in Capitalism is an enforcement of negative rights. The force in Marxism is literally violence and theft.

 

[acptulsa]

This has to be a joke, right.

Computer programs have no sense of humor.

 

[CaptUSA]

Computer programs have no sense of humor.

Yeah, and I see the account is banned. Just didn't want it to go unanswered.

 

[Occam's Banana]

Indeed marxism is one of the most popular ideologies today, and I honestly believe that it is right that it is well recognized and followed. Marxism is a critical theory, and I acknowledge the base it bases its theory on. This is first because I believe that not every human needs to have the same view as others. [...]

As history amply demonstrates, Marxists/Communists won't put up with every human not having the same view as they do.

At least, not unimprisoned living ones ...

 

[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/Casey5122dark/status/1727287181209682421
{Gerard Casey @Casey5122dark | 22 November 2023}

The Guardian published a critical, some might even say hostile, article [21 November 2023] on Javier Milei, the victor in Argentina’s Presidential election. What a shock! You can read it for yourself in the link below.

I just want to discuss one point made in this article. Its author, Uki Goñi writes, “The generals had studied the works of Italian Marxist thinker Antonio Gramsci, who argued that the revolutionary left would need to obtain cultural hegemony to achieve its ends. From this seed, the generals developed a conspiracy theory, not unlike the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, that Marxists had infiltrated universities, Hollywood and the Catholic church, to undermine “our western and Christian way of life”. The 'cultural Marxism’ conspiracy theory can be heard in the US and the UK today. During an interview with Tucker Carlson in September, Milei channelled the 1970s killer generals almost verbatim. Communists 'have no problem with getting inside the state and employing Gramsci’s techniques', Milei told Carlson.”

Let’s put to one side the crude ‘guilt by association’ technique of mentioning The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the reference to ‘killer generals' and isolate the main point of this passage. According to Goñi, the Generals and Milei share a belief in the existence of a Gramscianesque conspiracy theory that the revolutionary left seek to achieve cultural hegemony as a means to its goal, the destruction of our Western and Christian way of life, by infiltrating our major social institutions, including the universities, Hollywood and the Catholic Church.

The essence of a conspiracy, one might think, is that its existence and its effects should be hidden from the gaze of the vulgar. But there is nothing whatsoever secret about the woke/leftist takeover of academia, its dominance in Hollywood, and its increasingly obvious presence in the Catholic Church, [the latter] due in no small part to the activities of another Argentinian. Nor is woke/leftist dominance in the mainstream media, the legal profession, the civil service and most political parties a matter of secrecy but rather something that is plainly evident.

Whether ‘cultural Marxism’ is the best or even an accurate term for this woke/leftism is an issue that can be left to the deliberation and judgement of scholars. What is beyond dispute it that, whatever it may be called, what we have here is a socio-political strategy, a very successful socio-political strategy, but one that is not now a conspiracy, if indeed it ever was.

[...]

[Link:] https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ader-extreme-abortion-gay-rights-javier-milei

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[Occam's Banana]

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1729124575135277294

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_cultural_analysis [formerly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism_conspiracy_theory [formerly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism]

 

[Brian4Liberty]

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1729124575135277294

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_cultural_analysis [formerly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism_conspiracy_theory [formerly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Marxism]

They are shameless.

 

[CaptUSA]

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1729124575135277294

Nothing says Cultural Marxism like changing the definition of Cultural Marxism.

 

[acptulsa]

Nothing says Cultural Marxism like changing the definition of Cultural Marxism.

That may just be the only definition of it we are always and forever able to make stick.

 

[Occam's Banana]

The Basics of Cultural Marxism
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 150
https://odysee.com/@newdiscourses:9/the-basics-of-cultural-marxism:4
{New Discourses | 31 October 2024}

Cultural Marxism is a challenging term that refers to a broad Leftist social phenomenon that took place in the West through the twentieth century into the present. Based upon but modifying the Communist religion of Karl Marx, Western (Cultural) Marxism sought to find a way to infiltrate and seize the means of production of Western Civilizational culture in the hopes of opening it up to socialism (or Communism). In the 1910s through the 1930s, the Western Marxist movement truly was a Cultural Marxism. From the 1930s to the 1970s, this line of thinking was developed primarily by the Frankfurt School, which developed Critical Theory, or Critical Marxism, sometimes referred to as Neo-Marxism. Since the 1970s, it has gone Woke, adopting Intersectionality as a form of American Maoism. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay offers a thorough beginner’s overview of the whole of Cultural Marxism in four parts: Marxism and the relevant historical context; Cultural Marxism; Critical Marxism; and Woke Marxism, connecting the highlights of this movement to the challenges of the present day. Join him and share this with your friends who are looking for a good starting place to learn about his work!