In Marxist theory, the concept of the "dictatorship of the proletariat" stands as a crucial, albeit contentious, idea.

Friedrich Engels dedicated a whole chapter to critiquing the "radical equality socialism" put forth by Duhring in opposition to Marxist socialism.

However, it was Lenin who took a significant departure from traditional Marxist thought by reshaping this concept into what he termed the "Dictatorship of the Vanguard Party."

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Dec 7, 2023

Jordan Peterson's statement suggesting that women need to "step it up and start inventing cool things" can be considered problematic and potentially misogynistic because it implies a stereotype that women, as a group, are not already contributing significantly to innovation.

Such a generalization overlooks the countless achievements and inventions by women throughout history and reinforces gender-based assumptions about capabilities.

In reality, many women have made groundbreaking contributions to various fields. Some examples include:

Marie Curie (1867-1934):
A pioneering physicist and chemist, Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains the only person to have won Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields (Physics and Chemistry).

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Dec 6, 2023

Marx and Engels' Critique of Idealism:
Expanding on the Criticism of "Illusions of Philosophy"

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, the founders of Marxism, were critical of what they perceived as the undue emphasis on abstract ideas divorced from material reality.

💡 Marx and Engels' theory focused on critiquing intellectuals (ideologists) who produce a form of social analysis (ideology).

🚫 They didn't suggest that all ideas are ideology, but emphasized the need for a scientific form of thought.

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Sep 11, 2023

Bob Dylan's lyrics have often contained social and political themes that lend themselves to a Marxist analysis. Let's look at some of his old and new lyrics from a Marxist perspective:

"The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1963):
This iconic song speaks to the changing social and political landscape of the 1960s. From a Marxist perspective, it can be seen as a call for societal transformation, where the old order is giving way to new ideas and movements.

Lines like "Come senators, congressmen / Please heed the call / Don't stand in the doorway / Don't block up the hall" can be interpreted as a challenge to the existing power structures and a call for more equitable representation.

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Mar 17, 2023

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Princeton University study from 2019 by Joel Finkelstein showed that those who began their YouTube commenting history on Peterson’s channel migrated twice as fast to alt-right content compared to those who had not started there.

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Moreover, Peterson was favorably referenced in altright and white supremacy social media postings in relation to "their most heinous misogynist and white supremacist ideas."

It doesn’t hurt Peterson’s star turn as the alt-right’s favorite public intellectual that so much of his analysis of Hitler and Nazism rests on a pathological hostility to the left, writ large; to fluent rhetoric whose flow won’t be dammed by factual flaws;

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Mar 17, 2023

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The struggle for socialism is not an ethical imperative based on some lofty or liberal notions from a university. It is found embedded within the experiences of the oppressed and exploited

https://twitter.com/BypassMirkwood/status/1636408133961777153

(recall as Marx noted the seeds of destruction, the end of capitalism, lie within the very internal contradictions it cultivates). Their intimate understanding of their own social circumstances including the alienation which is pervasive in every engagement.

It’s a dynamic struggle not only for such advanced notions but also the most existential dilemmas including that of material existence; the struggle for survival, the struggle to eat and be free, the struggle to resist the destruction of themselves and their planet.

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