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A comment on Christopher Hitchens and the Necessity of Universalism.

Re:Christopher Hitchens and the Necessity of Universalism by xutopia on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @02:14PM (#42310045)
If you enjoy that article I recommend reading "How Hitchens Can Save the Left" by the same author.

I just finished reading it (audiobook actually) and it was a refreshing take, amongst other things discussed in the article, on how the left is actually eating itself from the insides through identity politics.

If you are at all concerned about the way politics are going right now this might give you a foundation on which to build your arguments for change.

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Re:Christopher Hitchens and the Necessity of Universalism by castlefreak on Tuesday December 03, 2024 @02:34PM (#42310254)
I hopped out of being a good Marxist when I realised that there was absolutely no room for dissent. You basically are just a empty vessel for activist praxis. In other words, you do as you are told.

Also, there aren't really compelling alternatives to Capitalism that havent been extremely tested, with horrible results. IF they come up with a NEW system, that doesn't involve literally euthanising its dissenters, I would be into it.

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Re:Christopher Hitchens and the Necessity of Universalism by swed420 on Wednesday December 04, 2024 @07:20AM (#42316725)
Capitalism is a joke, and its present late stage was predicted by Marx.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/03/how-asset-managers-h...

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