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James Lindsay argues that modern 'woke' ideology is a mutated form of Marxism that shifted from economic class struggle to identity politics after capitalism improved workers' living standards, thereby invalidating Marx'summaryThe core ethic of Marxism is that 'that which advances the revolution is ethical,' meaning the issue is never the issue; the goal is always power acquisition.takeawayLindsay views Marxism as a viral agent that mutated to attach to new 'receptor sites' (identity categories) when the economic argument failed in advanced capitalist societies.takeaway
James Lindsay: Marxists Took Over Education. Now They’re Radicalizing Our Kids.
The speakers argue that Marxism is fundamentally a revolutionary ethic where truth and morality are defined solely by what advances the revolution, rather than objective facts or traditional ethics.summary“The criterion for truth and the criterion for ethics in Marxism are both the same. That which advances the revolution is good and true. Nothing else is.”quote











