Next Conservatism: What is Cultural Marxism

GOP USA ^ | 10-25-05 | William S. Lind - Commentary

[mcg2000]

A undocumented Jim Quinn PING!

[EagleUSA]

The next conservatism needs to reveal the man behind the curtain - - old Karl Marx himself.
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...and she wants to be President in 2008...and needs to be revealed.

[gondramB]

" It is commonly known as "multiculturalism" "

I can't hear that term without think about the Remo Williams novels when Chuin the ancient assassin training Remo called it Cultimulchuralism.

The novels are wonderful, by the way - they start in the 60's and relentlessly mock political correctness from its origins through the 80's.

[rdb3]

I always understood Cultural Marxism as nothing more than political correctness.

Karl Marx had nothing on Antonio Gramsci.

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.

[hang 'em]

Doonesbury must die.

[smoothsailing]

Thanks for the tip on the Remo Williams novels!

I've never read one,but now look forward to picking one up!

[bubman]

bump

[A. Pole]

Cultural Marxism is a branch of western Marxism, different from the Marxism-Leninism of the old Soviet Union. It is commonly known as "multiculturalism" or, less formally, Political Correctness. From its beginning, the promoters of cultural Marxism have known they could be more effective if they concealed the Marxist nature of their work, hence the use of terms such as "multiculturalism."

Political Correctness bump!

[smoothsailing]

Actually I just learned the proper pronunciation is "Cultimulchuralism".

;^)

[Leo Carpathian]

Same crap, different name!

[smoothsailing]

The Mighty Quinn!

We get him on 104.7FM Conservative Talk Radio in Pittsburgh.

[Rastus]

They're kind of hard to come by in the brick-and-mortars, so you might want to try Amazon. Even there, they're a little pricey. You probably should start in order, but book 3 is generally considered the point where the books hit their stride. If you've seen the movie and loved the interplay between Remo and Chiun, that's the book where it came into focus.

[gondramB]

"Thanks for the tip on the Remo Williams novels! I've never read one,but now look forward to picking one up!" Sadly they wrecked the series when they made it into a left leaning movie. The National Review story was so sad when they realized what had been done to the series. Like congress, there is nothing Hollywood can't screw up when they try.

Often the villain in a given Destroyer novel is guided by a left-wing agenda. Back in the 1970s, the Wounded Knee protesters were mercilessly mocked; the conservative dream of a U.N. out of the U.S. was finally, blessedly (albeit fictionally), realized; and Carter CIA head Stansfield Turner was rightly called to task for making a hash of Central Intelligence. More recently, the Clintons and their cronies came under repeated fire. The humor in the series is wickedly pointed and decidedly un-P.C. Environmentalists, Hollywood celebrities, and journalists in particular have been targets of satire in The Destroyer for years.

So how does a highly successful 34-year-old book series that was once firmly grounded in patriotic and good old-fashioned Right-leaning American values end up listing Left-ward and, at least as a partial consequence, now find itself on the verge of cancellation?

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/mullaney200510180824.asp

[Doctor Raoul]

Marcuse also argued for what he called "liberating tolerance," which he defined as tolerance for all ideas coming from the Left and intolerance for any ideas coming from the Right.

That's an obvious trait of liberals.

[DancesWithBolsheviks]

Communist Manifesto - One small book for a man, one giant ulcer for mankind.

[exDemMom]

I was hooked on the Destroyer series for a while when I was a teenager. I think I read about 30 of them.

Maybe I'll take another look at them.

[Moose Dung]

Smoothsailing,

Very important post. I am currently reading, and would highly recommend the book "Explaining Postmodernism" by Steven Hicks.

Amazon Link

Postmodernism is the core ideology of the left. Reading about its orgins in Marxism is key to understanding what would otherwise appear to be irrational behavior. Have you ever asked yourself, What are they thinking?!?! Knowing the philosophical roots and its development over the past 150 years is critical to knowing what is going on around us.

dung.

Spoiler: It isn't pretty.

[smoothsailing]

Outstanding! Thanks!

http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref=/comment/mullaney200510180824.asp

[smoothsailing]

Never seen the movie, and don't want to until I've read some books.

Thanks for the info!

I live in a small college town and our Citizens Library has always found any book I've ever asked for so I'll try them before Amazon.