If the marxists are the ones who understand marxism, then why do marxists constantly berate each other for not understanding marx, while being in unanimous agreement that the capitalists understand marx to such perfection that they act according to the theories of marx even when never having read a word of marx?
If the marxists are the ones who understand marxism...
Wyatt White
Jaxon Turner
I think you've got it backwards, OP
Brayden Ramirez
If you ever have done any accounting for small/medium business settings, you do not need to read Marx to understand how the ☘️profit☘️ for bourgeois is generated under capitalistic mode of production.
You borrow Marx's words to make political sentences and radicalize working class by shouting out ☘️exploitation☘️ explicitly. Lots of people need such tool unlike as in calling out landlordism bad because muh entrepreneurship and other spooks.
Infighting among lefts are not about validity of Marx's criticism but about coming up with comprehensive program to abolish this exploitative structure.
Matthew Martinez
Would it be fair to say it's mostly how the means of production will be distributed that causes the rift between the left? self-management vs state?
Mason Robinson
Akshually… According to Michael Hudson, all the economics employed by investment banks are basically Marxists. Because they actually know what the fuck is what.
Joshua Robinson
*economists
Henry Cox
Makes sense, for what is marxism but a more logical capitalism?
Dylan Ortiz
Marxism is a testable model for how capitalism functions. Unlike the neoliberal pseudosciences.
Camden Fisher
How do you test it?
Zachary Thompson
It makes predictions and you can gather data to see if those predictions are accurate.