Currently, one of the biggest and most important enemies of marxism is ideological postmodernism. This new wave of ideological decay has covered itself with a cloak of supposed modernity and progress, and they even pretend to give the image that it is a product of the evolution of Marxism itself. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Even fascists enter into this line of argument, mistakenly calling it "cultural marxism" (in the last years the term "woke" has also gained track). According to them, a conspiracy has been launched to destroy Western culture, and this would be the implementation of this "cultural Marxism", manifesting itself as the dictatorship of political correctness, the control of the media and educational institutions, promoting through them pessimism, liberalism, and the degeneration of society.
Looking at their description of "cultural Marxism," one can see that Marxism has nothing to do with it; in fact, it is antithetical. Marxism seeks to transform society, to end capitalism, and to bring humanity to a higher, more evolved stage. However, postmodernists (in all their variants) only patch up the system, advocating for supposed partial struggles that, when used by them, serve as a brake, not a pedal for advancing society. Like fascists, they do the dirty work for capitalists. They distort Marxism, achieving disunity and the absolute disorganization of workers, leaving them at the mercy of exploitation in a decadent, putrid, and degenerate society. Thus, fascists should find another name to define the postmodernist movement that defends the system, since, as fellow travelers, both fascists and postmodernists have the same interest in maintaining the hegemony of capital.
Fascists pin the beginning of this movement on the need of the left to destroy everything Western in order to achieve revolution, since they failed to lift up all of Europe in 1917. Therefore, work focused on this need would begin in 1930. It would begin with the Frankfurt School and supposedly develop to this day. Although they are right that it began with the Frankfurt School in 1930 based on misunderstood ideas of Antonio Gramsci, we must analyze the material conditions that led to this, since on this point they are clearly mistaken.
In 1930, the labor movement was stronger than ever, especially in Europe. The USSR had consolidated; through the Comintern and its sections, it had more capacity than ever. Therefore, was it impossib
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