Sorry if this is a stupid question but fortunately I’m uneducated.
You have “Marxist economists” like Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson, and you have “non-Marxist leftists” like Noam Chomsky and Carl Oglesby. What do Marxist and non-Marxist mean in this context? Is it like, Marxists think that everything Marx thought was correct and non-Marxists think everything he thought was wrong? Or is it like a >50% thing, if you think Marx was right more than half the time you’re a Marxist and if not then you’re a non-Marxist?
This is probably the wrong community to ask but how is it possible to be a non-Marxist (assuming that means you think Marx was wrong about everything) when fictitious capital and a reserve army of labor are staring you in the face?
Did Chomsky not even know dialectics?
It me. It sounds like “theres are 2 opposing systems that fundamentally dont work together. Eventually this conflict gets resolved with something that makes sense of them both.” Is this way off, or in the ballpark?
Ballpark, I’d say! There’s a lot more to it than that, though, such as the interdependence of these opposing forces (capitalists and workers oppose each other but depend on them too) and if you’re down for a read I recommend Elementary Principles of Philosophy by Georges Politzer.
Cool, thanks
No problem!
Thanks, interesting site. I found something on there relating to my question, from “Why Marxism?”:
Emphasis mine. Seems like there are different definitions of what it means to be Marxist.
Well, that’s the Marxist stance when finding political power
Chomsky is a liberal
Yep, not a fan of Chomsky at all. Take a look at On Chomsky if you have half an hour to burn and want to hate the guy, haha.
Edit: Didn’t see you linked it! Now I look a bit foolish, haha.
Didn’t burn a whole hour but I do now have a burning dislike to replace the admiration I had previously
NYT and USA are both “the best in the world”? 🤮🤮
Yep, there’s also litanies against Anthony Bourdain and George Orwell if you want to gain even more hatred, haha.
Chomsky is to the left what Taco Bell is to Mexican food.
But I have a soft spot for Taco Bell… One of the easiest brands to veganize in a pinch, and I had it a lot growing up, haha. I do see your point though, good Mexican food blows it out of the water and it isn’t close.