What Is Identity Socialism?
There’s a new socialism in town. Its foundations are more cultural than economic. Dinesh D’Souza explains this major development in leftist thinking and its impact on your life.
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There’s a new socialism in town. I call it identity socialism.
The old socialism, the kind Karl Marx dreamed up, was all about the working class, the sort of blue-collar worker who, ironically, voted for President Trump. But today’s socialist couldn’t care less about the guy in the hardhat. He had his chance at revolution and blew it. Today’s socialist is all about race, gender, and transgender rights. Class is an afterthought.
To understand this is to understand the Left’s takeover of the college campus and all the ills that takeover has spawned: from MeToo to Black Lives Matter to girls competing against biological boys. But campus culture has now metastasized into the culture of the whole society. As liberal writer Andrew Sullivan has put it: “We all live on campus now.”
Identity socialism is first and foremost about division. Not just class division, but now race division, gender division, transgender division. Blacks and Latinos are in, whites are out. Women are in, men are out. Gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, transgenders are in; heterosexuals are out. Illegals are in, native-born citizens are out.
One may think this is all part of the politics of inclusion, but to think that is to get only half the picture. The point, for the left, is not merely to include but also to exclude.
So, where did this identity socialism come from? Meet Herbert Marcuse.
Born in Berlin in 1898, Marcuse fled Germany at the dawn of the Nazi era. After stints at Columbia, Harvard, and Brandeis, Marcuse moved to California, where he joined the University of California at San Diego in 1965. You’d think that living in a paradise like Southern California with all the comforts and privileges of academic life, might have softened Marcuse’s Marx-like hatred of capitalism. But it was not to be. If anything, the more he prospered the more he wanted to bring the system down.
He had a problem, however. A big one. Socialism didn’t work in America. Life was too good. The working class in the US didn’t aspire to overthrow the existing order, they aspired to own a home. How could you foment revolution without revolutionaries? Classic Marxism had no answer for this. But almost a hundred years after Marx, Marcuse did. The answer was college students. They would be the recruits for what he termed the Great Refusal—the repudiation and overthrow of free-market capitalism.
Conditions were perfect. The students of the sixties were already living in what was in effect a socialist commune—a university campus. Rather than being grateful to their parents for providing them with this opportunity to learn and study, they were restless and bored. Most importantly they were looking for “meaning,” a form of self-fulfillment that went beyond material gratification.
Of course, as with all successful social movements, timing was critical. Here Marcuse was very fortunate. The sixties was the decade of the Vietnam War. Students faced the prospect of being drafted. Thus, they had selfish reasons to oppose the conflict. Marcuse and his acolytes turned this selfishness into righteousness by teaching the students that they weren’t draft-dodgers; they were noble resisters who were part of a global struggle for social justice.
Marcuse portrayed Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong as a kind of Third World proletariat, fighting to free themselves from American Imperialism. This represented a transposition of Marxist categories. The new working class were the Vietnamese “freedom fighters.” The evil capitalists were American soldiers serving on behalf of the American government.
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Left identity politics is consistent with capitalism not socialism.
So what you’re basically saying, they even contradict Karl Marx
I feel like
Anti-White Racism and Hate is the backbone of today's Democrat Party
Oh my God, this freaking Conservatives are still pushing the idea the Viet Nam war was good.
People just did not want to die. It wasn't selfishness, they just did not buy into the neoliberal propaganda.
As Filthy Frank said, 'SO MUCH CANCER!'
ME TOO? MARXIST? FAM IT'S JUST WOMEN TALKING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH RAPE
It's crap like this that makes me glad that I was raised by my conservative family.
Communists target whoever they think they can get on their side. The history checks out.
I’m more educated now to trigger those Dems!
Me: Hebert Marcuse is the founder of Identity Politics
Liberals: Racist and a race traitor!
Me: triggered
This video is the biggest load of drivel I've ever seen. The propaganda clown doing all the talking clearly doesn't understand the huge difference between socialism and communism and constantly conflates the two out of sheer ignorance. He is literally making things up. If this is the standard of academia at Prager U it should refund all student fees and close down. 😂
People wonder how Hitler came to power? Take a long look at all the idiots who happily and unwittingly danced like puppets in his master scheme. AOC, JOE BIDEN, NANCY Pelosi, Gavin Newsome, is there any wonder mass shootings are happening? Turn on tv and every channel looks like B.E.T. I don't want to be forced to watch diversity and inclusion. Every tv show has gays in it. You cant alienate straight white men for diverse minority inserts.
Marcuse and his Frankfurt School of New Marxism is far more dangerous than the traditional Soviet Marxism. At least with old school communists, they still had some form of nationalist unity, whereas Marcuse’s identity socialism divides a nation far much more to the point even its own natives are brainwashed to denounce their history and culture.
Fix Yourself (Personal Responsibility):
-Make sure you do not sleep too late.
-Get up early.
-Clean and organize your house.
-Do exercise to stay fit and healthy.
-Stop interrupting random people.
-Stop forcing random people to love you.
-Stop comparing yourself to others.
-Stop being a spoiled narcissist.
-Have delayed gratification.
-Have gratitude.
-Have self-discipline.
-Make peace with your family and your friends.
-Take every opportunity that is given to you.
-Get to school on time.
-Get to college on time.
-Get to work on time.
-Stay educated.
-Save up money without wasting it.
-Pay your house bills on time.
-Drive responsibly.
-Do not drink alcohol.
-Do not do drugs.
-Do not gamble.
-Do not smoke.
-Do not have too much sugar.
-Do not have too much sex.
-Do not have kids out of wedlock.
-Do not join any radical groups.
-Do not commit crimes.
I have a message for confused human beings around the world of every generation especially the younger generation coming from a young man myself born in 1998. I believe the younger generation needs to fix themselves rather than trying to fix other people in this world because in my honest opinion you cannot fix people it is up to people to fix themselves period.
"You can't take this man seriously. He hasn't read my books. He knows nothing." — H. Marcuse
I am not a fan of "identity politics" at all, but this nonsensical video attributing these so-called "ills" to Marcuse is simply wrong. And coming up with idiotic terms such as cultural marxism and now identity socialism 🙂
Thats not what socialism is. If you consid÷r something your enemy then you owe it to yourself to learn as much about it as you can.
"I think we are faced with a situation in which this advanced capitalist society has reached a point where quantitative change can technically be turned into qualitative change, into authentic liberation. And it is precisely against this truly fatal possibility that the affluent society, advanced capitalism, is mobilized and organized on all fronts, at home as well as abroad.
"Before I go on, let me give a brief definition of what I mean by an affluent society. A model, of course, is American society today, although even in the US it is more a tendency, not yet entirely translated into reality. In the first place, it is a capitalist society. It seems to be necessary to remind ourselves of this because there are some people, even on the left, who believe that American society is no longer a class society. I can assure you that it is a class society. It is a capitalist society with a high concentration of economic and political power; with an enlarged and enlarging sector of automation and coordination of production, distribution and communication; with private ownership in the means of production which however depends increasingly on ever more active and wide intervention by the government. It is a society in which, as I mentioned, the material as well as cultural needs of the underlying population are satisfied on a scale larger than ever before – but they are satisfied in line with the requirements and interests of the apparatus and of the powers which control the apparatus. And it is a society growing on the condition of accelerating waste, planned obsolescence and destruction, while the substratum of the population continues to live in poverty and misery.
"I believe that these factors are internally interrelated, that they constitute the syndrome of late capitalism: namely, the apparently inseparable unity – inseparable for the system – of productivity and destruction, of satisfaction of needs and repression, of liberty within a system of servitude – that is to say, the subjugation of man to the apparatus, and the inseparable unity of rational and irrational. We can say that the rationality of the society lies in its very insanity, and that the insanity of the society is rational to the degree to which it is efficient, to the degree to which it delivers the goods."
Read People’s History of the US, homie
For all the uniformed read mark levin AMERICAN MARXISM if you can handle the truth..
All our institutions have been corrupted by the left…just look at the scamdemic debacle…top down corrupt bureacraps dictating lies
buisnesses wont hire illegals and illegals wont wanna stay if theres no power due to renewables and if the USd is worthl;ess
THERE'S A NEW
SOCIALISM
IN TOWN
did this guy seriously just call white Americans…. native born XD talk about tone deaf
It’s communism
propaganda recommended to me everyday how can i say no?
There's already a term for this. It's called Bioleninism. God, do you people do any research?
Everything makes sense now the reason why college students are always angry wht everyone is so triggered.
The people who pit people against each other based on race, gender, etc are liberals. There is nothing socialist about these people, they support capitalism just as much as you. Marxists (actual socialists) recognize how capitalism affects people of different demographics in different ways and we are trying to unite the working class globally to build revolution.
Your Videos wake my revolutionary Potential – thanks for that ☭
Attaching the word socialism to things your base doesn't like in order for your rich ass to decrease the likelihood of them listening to redistributive policies. Racializing non-racial issues to preserve power instead of attempting to educate. Within 5 seconds you lost me.
Boy, a lot of valid points made here. Our wonderful hippies from the 60’s still think that a Utopian Society of Peace & Love is attainable, even by force if necessary because the ends justify the means in their selfish brain. They are the lib democrat politicians, teachers and school board members and many are your crazy Karen/Ken neighbor. Don’t worry, we will out smart and out live them here in the USA. Outsmart because we love freedom and individual rights and will protect them with our last breath, and out live because all those drugs mess up your body eventually. Hippies screw everything up.
The hospital system I work for has implemented diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Their reasoning is that some people in the community don't come to the hospital because "they feel under represented". In the same conversation, high level administrators will condemn a individual who posted on the official social media that she worked at the hospital for 4 years, and got sick of all the "white privileged asses". The cognitive dissonance from supposedly intelligent leaders, in order to justify this stuff is staggering.
This is a true trumpist channel.
Needed a good laugh so I came here, didn't realize it would also kill my brain cells at the same time. Gravel Institute >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Oh look the convincted felon who thinks Nazis are left-wing still spouts BS.
You guys should ask Professor Olavo de Carvalho to talk on this channel.
i cannot explain how bad this video is, not only did it only take a google search to find a definition of socialism, but every single point made in this video had no substance or truth to it.
Holy shit Marcuse is based
Great explanation. It was a lot easier for the lefty professors to explain victimhood that way anyway as opposed to spending a lot of time dealing with Theory of Labor Value, the ins and outs of the Superstructure, and the nuances of Dialectical Historicism. And at the end of the day the lefty profs get to assume their rightful place as the rulers of it all. It's always about power. Power and nothing more. Still, great video.
Dude, universal rights are a key component to easing class struggles.
where are the Asians standing on this?
Come on, guys. I know this video is just an excuse to indirectly call Professor Angela Davis the N-word. We all know you wanna say it. Go on. Say it.
“Selfish” to not want to go to war over oil and abandon your loved ones😂😂 y’all are LOONEY
We love trump
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He said blks and women can be taught to think of themselves as oppressed well in the fifties and sixties blks and women were…..js
Prager U, is not a university, its an ultra right wing billionaire who is attempting to AstroTurf his particular views so they seem legitimate. Don't believe the lies of a billionaire who LITERALLY made up a fake university to try and push an agenda.
The universities are either parasites on the public coffers that need to create new brainwashed lefties to perpetuate their existence or they are outright capitalistic institutions that play the game like any fake woke corporation just to get kids to sign onto obscene debt to get woke ideologies reflected and amplified by professor-propagandists. The hierarchy, titles, and monetary cost of these “educational” institutions create a heinous cognitive dissonance whereby the illogical and contradictory manifestos of the academic echo-chambers takes on an air of impressive authority to the weak-minded. The cessation of endless foreign wars would be helpful to not give these wannabe commies an excuse to peddle their Marxist nonsense.
Peaceful Libertarian Revolution is the only way out of this quagmire.
Well said Dinesh👍