But "socialism" is a scary word
But "socialism" is a scary word
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Kinda? If you want to have an opinion of Marxists, I would read Marx and historical accounts by Marxists to even understand better what they are trying to do better, rather than Anarchist critiques of Marxism. Your initial comment came out attacking Marxists, so I tried to contextualize that more.
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I don't know how to more emphatically tell you that Debord was such a Marxist his many of his theses from Society of the Spectacle literally were copying/detourning Marx lines. His "plagiarism is necessary" thing is something he lived up to when writing the book. Like three quarters of things in the book are other writers words twisted into what Debord wants to talk about. The Lettrists/Situationists were literally building on what came before.
The spectacle is not a collection of images; it is a social relation between people that is mediated by images.
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Sure, and I am telling you that based on your assertions thus far he evidently isn't enough to actively take a hostile stance towards Marxists.
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I have known Marxists, and they didn't self-ascribe the term "tankie" to mean "Marxist." In fact the ones I've known would bristle at the suggestion.
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