"Cultural Marxism" is, of course, a canard -- primarily because it never really had any impact. Adorno did manage to write "The Authoritarian Personality" (a favorite of Breivik) but he was tossed out of the Rockefeller Radio Research Project and few (at that level) ever paid much attention to him. The "Frankfurt School" (and Marcuse in particular) were considered "passe" by the New Left, typically viewed as "CIA types," leaving it to Paul Piccione and his TELOS to try to get some attention for them (without much success.)
"Globalism" is closer to the real story and, indeed, it is now dead. However, the impetus for such institutions as the UN, World Bank/IMF, WTO &c -- all of which have largely been rendered irrelevant by China (and the BRICs more widely) -- didn't come from "cultural marxism" at all. Margaret Mead and Larry K. Frank, yes. "Critical" anything, no.
In "power" terms -- taken using Michael Mann's "Sources of Social Power" framework -- globalism had ideological, economic, political and military sources that all aligned post-WW II around the theme of preventing WW III (while substituting psychological warfare for "kinetics") and generating a "new world order" that would force "nation states" to join in a common effort. This is the framework that has now collapsed and will never be revived. Humpty Dumpty has actually fallen off the wall . . . <g>
Henry Kissinger was at the center of all this, so tracing his career tells much of the story. From his unpublished 380+ page undergraduate Harvard thesis, "The Meaning of History," to his crucial role in the very important Special Studies Project, Henry was a Rockefeller protege -- in particular of Nelson, who was slated to become President in 1964. Instead, his girlfriend "Happy" got pregnant, refused an abortion, forcing "Rocky" to divorce and Goldwater became the candidate. By the 1970s much of this was already unraveling and now we are finally noticing it.
Henry's the last chapter of his last book, "World Order," and his subsequent interviews all reflect the same conclusion: digital technology has irrevocably ended the old "new world order." And, as a result, Henry no longer knows what to do. Given that his advisers include those like Eric Schmidt, this intellectual cul-de-sac should come as no surprise. In fact, no one from Henry's (or Eric's) world know's what to do.
We are heading into a political-economy completely unimagined by "cultural marxism" or any other ideological construct from the 20th (or previous) century. "Libertarian Marxism" is just a reflection of how confused we have become. My attendance at the "2nd World Congress on Marxism" in Beijing (last May) points to a vibrant effort on the part of the Chinese to sort all this -- to the utter confusion of the Western "Marxists" invited to speak. Yes, China is way ahead of the West in thinking all this through (and few in the West understand this.)
Toto, I don't believe we are in Kansas anymore . . . -- Dorothy (1939, speaking about the *radio* world, then being studied by the Rockefellers)
Mark (Jersey City Heights)
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Dear Orsan (and all)
kind regards
Dear list members,
I really wonder what would you make of this article by Antony Meuller of Mises Institute? Is he implying the role really played by, at least, the certain liberal post-Marxist Left in building up Neoliberlism, or is it just a reaction against the growing power of the left?
best,
Orsan
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