“A decade later they chose to work within the system with better results.”
Yes, that’s when the adopted the Marcuse / Gramsci / Dutschke long march through the institutions strategy. Their results in 2020 have probably far exceeded their wildest expectations.
Agreed, the Frankfurt school of thought was very successful. At least until four years ago. I believe they’ve failed to recognize the pendulum shift as their bag of tricks became much less successful.
I’m happy to have survived to see these times.