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American schools by and large stopped teaching about the evils of communism by the 1990s. The general left-public thinks communism is just something that people hate without knowing why. They are of course wrong.
Further, exposure to "Western Marxism" (aka ‘Cultural Marxism’ (term wrongfully derogated)) started in the 1950's Ivy League, 1960's and 1970's all of higher education, 1980's and 1990's primary education and 2000's on in education universally, in the form of "Critical Pedagogy."
Nearly all Americans under 50 have gone their entire scholastic lives immersed in dog-whistle Marxism, (Critical Pedagogy) by way of a method of "westernizing Marxism" that Max Horkheimer published in 1930 called "Critical Theory.”
In 1935, these western Marxists fled the rise of Hitler and operated in exile out of Columbia University in New York until 1953.
New York - upper Manhattan specifically - and Columbia University is ground zero for all of this.
Horkheimer, Marcuse, Bell, all of these founders of Western Marxism considered themselves to be “Cultural Marxists.” This is both the correct term for the ideology, and it is a term to which we will all eventually return.
I note that it is “wrongfully derogated” because knowing critical theorists have successfully inculcated the term ‘“Cultural Marxism” as a dog whistle for white supremacy.’
Although absurd on its face (and an obvious attempt to leverage unfounded emotional manipulation) it is often easier when trying to get to the marrow fast, to just bypass the rhetorical ploy up front, and keep the actual premises centered.
Western Marxism is also a term that they themselves used to describe themselves, and therefore (particularly given that the mission statement of the Institute for Social Research was to westernize Marxism) it is no less on point.
“Cultural Marxism” tells you a little more about what it actually is, but if the pseudo intellectuals like ‘destiny’ are going to claim you are “a white supremacist just for saying that,” just avoid the trap. If you are knowledgeable about the subject matter, you can still easily get to the same place from either starting point.
New York City is ripe to elect an open communist because the communist invasion of the United States started in New York City, at Columbia University in Upper Manhattan, in 1935.
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