> See, the intelligentsia have already chosen Marxian socialism as the successor to the liberal democratic system. From the article > Although he sustained a

> See, the intelligentsia have already chosen Marxian socialism as the successor to the liberal democratic system. From the article > Although he sustained a seldom-stated bond with Marxism he was not primarily interested in political economy, nor did he have any real talent for the topic. Instead he was drawn to the inspection of lived experience in all of its exquisite detail. I'm not sure what "intelligentsia" means in your phrasing but your assertion does not apply to Adorno. His writing is generally skeptical of anything that is systematizing or totalizing. Reality has depth and is complex. Systems elide much of that depth and complexity, replacing it with shallowness and false simplicity. What I wrote is a limited summary, for sure, but more accurate than implying endorsement of a particular ideology.