• Who is a Communist?

  • Sep 18 2024
  • Length: 31 mins
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Who is a Communist?

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  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C-eEwx1jv0 Podcast audio: In this episode of New Ideal, Onkar Ghate and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss the question of whether Kamala Harris is a communist, and if not, what the real problem with her views is. Among the topics covered: The essence of the Marxist ideology; Why Harris is not a communist; How the “communist” label helps New Right tribalists hide their own anti-Americanism; The importance of using concepts precisely; How mislabeling someone as “communist” whitewashes real communism. Recommended in this podcast are Ayn Rand’s article “The Left: Old and New” and Sotirakopoulos ’s lecture at AynRandCon Europe 2024 “Lessons From the Intellectual Success of Marxism.” The podcast was recorded on September 9, 2024 and released on September 14. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Watch archived podcasts here.
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This Isn’t 1867

As they point out themselves, they do not consider all the strains of Communism that those referring to present-day Communism could be alluding to. There is no discussion of neo-Marxism, Gramscian Marxism, or Identity Marxism, for instance. In these, the focus has turned away from and indeed basically abandoned the working class. However, all these are highly relevant to the present.

Even if they only wanted to stick to 1867 Marxism, they fail to elaborate on how Lenin’s notion of a Vanguard party was a significant departure from Marx. Key themes like the dialectic and alienation are only hinted at.

Despite all this, the discussion that neither side really has a coherent ideology today, but what we have instead is tribalism, seems on target.

Better resources to recommend would have been “Socialism: Utopian and Scientific” by Engels, “Marxism: Philosophy and Economics” by Sowell and “Race Marxism” by James Lindsay for coverage of modern strains. Αll αre quite short.

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