this post was submitted on 26 Feb 2025
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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.
Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.
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culture /kŭl′chər/
noun
The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought considered as a unit, especially with regard to a particular time or social group.
These arts, beliefs, and other products considered with respect to a particular subject or mode of expression.
The set of predominating attitudes and behavior that characterize a group or organization.
marxism
noun
The socialist philosophy and political program developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels. Any social or political philosophy or ideology derived from the thought of Karl Marx.
Right, now stop being cute and tell me what those words mean in the context of each other. Define cultural Marxism. If they’re normal words, surely you know what they mean together.
Idk how you're not understanding this. Did you think I was just being dramatic when I said literal and therefor meant metaphorical?
Marxism is explicitly a materialist worldview - it has no real way of comparing cultural qualities
Unless you just mean 'the culture of marxists', but then you've pretty much taken up the term in its original meaning. Especially since the original post is about transgenter identity...
Jesus fucking Christ. Every time I think I've seen peak tankie stupidity, a new gem emerges.
The only point in which Marx comments on cultural practices is to point to how it is used to reinforce labor relations with capital.
If there's any definitive 'culture' to Marx it's more broadly counter-traditional than anything specific.
Because 90% of Marx's writing is about class relations. That's like saying "The only part where the rock star sings is when the guitar is playing", no fucking shit.
So now we've moved on from "it has no real way of comparing cultural qualities because it's a materialist worldview" to "Marxism doesn't have a culture", which isn't even close to what was said and what I objected to.
Yes that's the point. Marx isn't concerned with cultural expression outside of how it's used inside class relations. Which is why it's inane to point to 'the culture of marxism', because outside of that narrow materialist context marxism doesn't concern itself with culture.
Unless you're planning on articulating what it is you're actually objecting to I can't really help you make sense of those two statements.
Marxism being an explicitly a materialist worldview does not mean that it has no real way of comparing cultural qualities.
Outside of how they relate to material conditions, it doesn't.
It can't help inform your gender identity any more than it can help you decide what toppings to put on your pizza. Attributing that kind of cultural expression to an ideology that has nothing to say about it isn't just dumb, it's fascistic.
What part of culture can't be related to material conditions, again? I'm pretty sure that's the point of materialism.
I guess basic concepts are too complex to parse. Sorry for overtaxing you.
"It can't tell you what your preferences are, therefore, it has no way of comparing cultural qualities."
Jesus fucking Christ.
Lmao
You could describe your shits in materialist terms i guess, but that doesn't make it marxist
lmfao
It's an ideology
ideologies are inherently culture
Thumbs are fingers but fingers aren't all thumbs.
Yes.
This thumb is a subset of fingers, so when somebody said finger thumbs I didn't immediately associate that with racist dogwhistles.
Ideologies are a part of culture, but culture isn't a part of all ideologies, see?
"The culture of Marxism" is a misnomer - any distinct 'culture' that marxists might share is incidental to what marxism actually is. Suggesting that transgender expression is somehow a distinct feature of a culture 'of marxism' is exactly the thing 'cultural bolshevism' and 'cultural marxism' are pointing to.
cope
YDI.
thanks for the input, archomrade.