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let us begin with a very terse description cultural marxism is a broad term which refers

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to the advocacy and application of critical theory and more generally to the cultural

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political and academic influence of certain elements within the contemporary left

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the roots of cultural marxism are to be found in what is commonly known as the frankfurt school

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the term arose informally to describe the thinkers affiliated or merely associated with

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the frankfurt institute for social research at the goethe university in frankfurt germany during

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the interwar period critical of both capitalism and soviet socialism they sought to address the

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perceived shortcomings of classical marxism in the pursuit of societal change their work came to be

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referred to as critical theory defining or categorizing critical theory is exceptionally

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difficult for it pertains to a broad almost disparate set of ideas individuals and approaches

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the underlying and enduring aspect of critical theory common to all its offshoots nonetheless

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is the creation of interdisciplinary theories that might serve as instruments of social transformation

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during the 1960s the frankfurt school critical theory gained traction with some segments of the

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left-wing and leftist thought in both europe and north america today its influence is felt throughout

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western academia dominating the social sciences and humanities gender studies and whiteness studies

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being two such examples one of the most influential critical theorists and an original member of the

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frankfurt school was herbert marcusa a cursory glance at any paragraph written by marcusa will set

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alarm bells ringing for anyone even remotely familiar with the current culture of intolerance on college

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and university campuses consider the following passage from his 1965 essay repressive tolerance

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the small and powerless minorities which struggle against the force consciousness and its beneficiaries

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must be helped their continued existence is more important than the preservation of abused rights and

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liberties which grant constitutional powers to those who oppress these minorities

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social justice feminism neoprogressivism and post-colonialism to name but a few are all

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movements inspired by or born out of critical theory and thus all come under the umbrella of cultural

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marxism be it gender sexual orientation family race culture or religion every aspect of a person's

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identity is to be questioned every norm or standard in society challenged and ideally altered in order to

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benefit supposedly oppressed groups classical marxism saw class conflict as occurring between the bourgeoisie

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and the proletariat between the haves and the have-nots cultural marxism views such a conflict as

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existing between the oppressed and the oppressors between those with privilege and those without it

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the working class has been replaced by minorities majority groups are typically defined as privileged and

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oppressive with minority groups accordingly labeled underprivileged and oppressed heterosexuals are oppressive

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cisgender people are oppressive whites are oppressive especially white men christians are oppressive

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those that do not fit into these groups are thus considered oppressed it stands to reason therefore

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that if heterosexuals are oppressors the solution is to encourage other forms of sexuality if whites are

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oppressors the solution is racial diversity if cisgender people are oppressors the solution is to encourage

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transgenderism if christians are oppressors the solution is to propagate islam

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theodore adorno another original member of the frankfurt school wrote a book entitled the authoritarian

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personality in which he defines parenthood pride in one's family christianity adherence to traditional

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gender roles and attitudes towards sex and the love of one's own country as pathological phenomena

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this tendency to pathologize opinions and life patterns which are not in accordance with its own

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political ends is characteristic of cultural marxism differing views are thus described as

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irrational fears or phobias for example a person who feels uncomfortable living as a minority in an area

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dominated by muslim migrants may be decried as an islamophobe since wishing to live amongst those culturally

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and ethnically similar to oneself is considered sick and phobic

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when pakistani muslims living in britain by contrast show in-group preference converting entire

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sections of a town or city into a mini pakistan there is no sickness no phobia only multiculturalism

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20 years ago there were no pakis here no one was doing nothing but now the pakis are in the stamp

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mind first you know what i mean that thing 20 years ahead boy who knows man this is gonna be pakistan

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or england in pakistan they're all shipping over

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a popular and propagandist manifestation of cultural marxism is political correctness in which media

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channels and social scientists make it a mandatory exercise to do the following question common language

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illegal immigrants for example are to be referred to as undocumented migrants while ethnic discrimination

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is referred to as affirmative action their ambition to define and redefine words can be seen as a means

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of controlling the discourse and altering cultural norms racism and sexism have been redefined as a

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product of prejudice plus power which leads to such ridiculous statements as there's no such thing

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as sexism against men and i an ethnic minority woman cannot be racist or sexist towards white men

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maintain an unwaveringly favorable view of groups which are marked as being oppressed

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islam is a religion of peace black lives matter is a peaceful legitimate protest movement feminism is only

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about equality and so forth no deviation from the aforementioned narrative will be entertained

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ever nor will criticism

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while communism as marx envisioned it offered the resolution of class conflict in a utopian social

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system all that cultural marxism offers is a desolate form of eternal warfare between ever more

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narrowly defined groups of offended minorities the only meaningful consequence that its wide application

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could possibly ever have is the marginalization of traditional european culture