Comment by ants_everywhere
5 months ago
This was a whole cottage industry during the cold war, kind of like it is now that we're in another sort of cold war.
The Soviets would fund anyone applying Marxist thought to this or that. There may be some interesting ideas for those willing to sort out the chaff, but for the most part you know exactly what they're going to say if you're already familiar with the propaganda that came before.
Well, was it wrong what they said?
Yes. In general that's why you resort to propaganda and polemics rather than giving a formal argument that can be disproved.
I completely agree that Marxism and its descents are bankrupt ideas, but I’m not getting the connection to Illich.
I’ve only read one of his books, Energy and Equity, but I don’t really recall any strain of Marxism or leftism, though it was a long time ago so maybe I’ve forgotten.
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