Kellner explores the effects of historical crises of capitalism and Marxism on critical theory and reflects on the continued relevance or obsolescence of Marxism and critical theory. Kellner writes, "As we move into the 1990s critical theory might help produce theoretical and political perspectives which could be part of a Left Turn that could reanimate the political hopes of the 1960s, while helping overcome and reverse the losses and regression of the 1980s."
The above summary pits the Reagan Revolution (the "1980's") against the socialist/Marxist advances of the JBJ days and a supposed return to political socialism beginning in the 1990. It would be more accurate to assert the return of national socialism as beginning with the big government ideas of George Bush, ideas and policies that have laid the foundation for the radical Marxism we see in the Obama Regime. There are no pointie-headed Harvard academics who are not familiar with Kellner and his book. Kellner is/was a socialist professor at Columbia University and, now, at UCLA. Columbia is the same college Obama spent 12 summers teaching "Constitutional law." The two undoubtedly knew each other. . . . . .
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Showing posts with label We are all Marxists now. Show all posts
Showing posts with label We are all Marxists now. Show all posts
We are all Marxists now - Part II: The following describes Marxism's view on "job lock," Capitalism and the benefits of a communal society. This is where Obama/Pelosi/Durbin/Reid all got their idea for "job lock."
<<< We're all Marxists, now.
For as soon as the distribution of labour comes into being,
each man has a particular, exclusive sphere of activity, [in other words: job lock] which is forced upon
him and from which he cannot escape. He is a hunter, a fisherman, a herdsman,
or a critical critic, and must remain so if he does not want to lose his means
of livelihood; while in communist society, where nobody has one exclusive
sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes,
society regulates the general production and thus makes it possible for me to
do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the
afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after . . . . . .
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