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In reply to the discussion: What is your opinion about Marxism? [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)although 3 could work too, at least in short term thinking.
Since I've become a serious Marxist (dues paying in a Trotskyist group with regular educationals and discussions about ALL facets of the system), the biggest thing that I've noticed is that Marxism leads you to think long term, epochs and eras, rather than just the term of one lifetime. You account for history in your analyses and not just current times and the memory(ies) of the recent past. This also leads to a more objective analysis. As nadin said, it's as scientific as social/political and economic sciences get and much more scientific than many others, especially the macroeconomic sciences.
As to the results of the poll, it just reinforces my belief that DU is MUCH more left than some of our raging discussions suggest. There's a group on here that toe the neo-liberal line (Third Way Democratic Corporatists) who are loud and noisy, but really don't have much influence other than as disruptors.
It's probably time for one of those DU "self identification" polls which would include all stripes of Dems and Progressives. Since I first started posting in '09/'10 (?), these polls have shown a consistent leftward lean. Every one shows more and more identifying as "socialist" or "communist". Heck, there are some on here that identify as "socialist" who actually are pretty right wing. I suppose that means that the word is losing it's negativity at least in some circles.
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