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    1. The critiques of Marxism that the book that is today's FAOTD on Wikipedia claims to address include some of my own critiques of Marxism (determinism, materialism, anti-electoralism), so I should probably check it out: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Marx_Was_Right
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    "Critics highlighted topics omitted or insufficiently covered, such as Marxist economics (e.g. the labour theory of value)" ...ok so I guess it doesn't address all of them... (I prefer the subjective theory of value to the LTOV)
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      "Marx, an individualist, viewed uniformity as a feature of capitalism, and communism as a realisation of individual freedom." Yeah see that argument doesn't really help sell me on Marxism; I believe collective freedom is more important than individual freedom.
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        I guess if Marx did actually draw this distinction, that would make me more amenable to his version of individualism, but that doesn't seem to be something Eagleton addressed? (at least it's not something that made it into the Wikipedia summary of the book) @RiotLinguist/1488594307401588739
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          got a few more QTs to add to this thread: @RihitoPhysicist/1490538143522914307
          1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
            Tempted to make the galaxy-brain take that Marxism is centrist, since it has critiques coming at it from opposite directions: @RihitoPhysicist/1490538144772812804
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              This, of course, is the proper reply, I guess: @HanAsra/1490541973727760384
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                Anyways I am going to continue to describe my own version of socialism as non-Marxist (I prefer Rawlsian liberal democratic socialism), but it's good to have my priors challenged occasionally (when I feel like it)
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                  btw I actually own the book whose Wikipedia article I started this thread with now; haven't actually read it yet, though: @cooljeanius/1580621241014046720
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                    of course... well, see this follow-up tweet: @cooljeanius/1660006877126709249