I read almost all of the essay assuming that the conventional-minded people meant the woke cultural Marxists. They are the conventional wisdom today. He should

I read almost all of the essay assuming that the conventional-minded people meant the woke cultural Marxists. They are the conventional wisdom today. He should have used the word conservative: [1] On (The Future Of) Conservatism .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5T3sWAg0w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu5T3sWAg0w Most young Western people seem to be conventional in the progressive tradition, because they were indoctrinated at school and university by ex-hippies from the 1960s, who couldn't actually do anything, so they all became teachers. Sixty years is more than enough to become the conventional wisdom. Marx proposed a keen and mesmerizing analysis of Capitalism, a plausible (but wrong) diagnosis, then a completely ridiculous and laughably naive solution. Real class-based Marxism was proved wrong many times over, so the Frankfurt School and 1960s French philosophers decided to switch the dialectic, from class-based polarization, to group identity politics and the anti-scientific relativism of non-truths. Struggle by any other name would smell as sweet. America is now in the middle of its Maoist Cultural Revolution. Let's see what happens. The world is watching. Does the Enlightenment survive? It's certainly up for grabs at this point. The precedent is not good. China was utterly laid waste for decades by Mao. Tens of millions died, leaving a legacy of intellectual, historical and economic impoverishment. It is hard to imagine anyone more evil than Mao, because his fear-mongering catastrophes and casual genocides were so routinely inflicted against his own people, his supportive party colleagues, his family, his (ex)wives, and even his children: [2] Mao: The Unknown Story, Jung Chang & Jon Halliday. [3] Nine Commentaries on the (Chinese) Communist Party .... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLED64004A96BE76FA https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLED64004A96BE76FA [4] Evolution Of Evil: Mao Zedong .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxaWmqgmJxs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxaWmqgmJxs Let us see what happens in America ...