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My actually-a-Communist former partner will take great exception to any description of the current UK politicians as "Marxist". Well, except perhaps Jeremy Cor
by ben_w 1y ago
My actually-a-Communist former partner will take great exception to any description of the current UK politicians as "Marxist".
Well, except perhaps Jeremy Corbyn.
- dfawcus 1y agoLook up our current PMs history.
- ben_w 1y agoMarxist definition: class struggle, abolition of capitalist property, collective ownership, systemic change. Starmer’s record: social-democrat, pragmatic, incremental reforms, accepts market economy. Why he's not Marxist: avoids ideological rigidity, no revolutionary agenda, shifted toward center-left, compromises for governance. I suggest reading the Communist Manifesto, so you know what to argue against if nothing else. It's, y'know, free.
- dfawcus 1y agoGood for you. However many of us don't believe he has actually changed in his views since his days editing, and writing articles for Socialist Alternatives.