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> tabula rasa idealism has made a serious resurgence in leftist and liberal circles Maybe from liberals, but from what I've seen not the left. Marx's mantra is
by cyber_kinetist 5y ago
> tabula rasa idealism has made a serious resurgence in leftist and liberal circles
Maybe from liberals, but from what I've seen not the left. Marx's mantra is literally "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs", it has nothing to do with liberal conceptions of tabula rasa idealism. I've never seen a leftist who asserts that people start from a blank state and can be "anyone" depending on the circumstances, that statement will get you accused of having bourgeois sensibilities who ignore the material forces of the world.
- guerrilla 5y agoWell, I can't say the same as that's the majority of where I see it from right now. I don't follow MLs on twitter but most of who I follow are anarchists and democratic socialists.
- rendang 5y agoHere is a noted leftist writer who is not necessarily arguing for the strongest case of "blank slatism" but is definitely pushing in that direction here, claiming that inherent differences are overemphasized. https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/09/we-dont-know-our-potential https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/09/we-dont-know-our-pote...