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22:34Now PlayingJames Lindsay explains how Marx’s failed predictions gave rise to critical theory, revealing the true motivations of communists throughout history. When capitalism produced prosperity for a growing middle class instead of “the immiseration of workers,” mid-century critical theorists like Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse claimed the working class had been brainwashed into contentment. Rather than accepting that Marxism had been disproven, they came up with a new set of mental gymnastics to justify their pursuit of power.
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