Along with some erstwhile discussion of Kurt Vonnegut, Murray Rothbard, Cornel West, George Orwell, Keynesianism, the welfare state, and coalition-building on the Left

The inaugural ceremonies of the Estates-General of 1789

Sera Schwarz

I can’t thank you guys enough for the tremendous work you do here. I’m a relative newcomer to Marxist thought, and never is my ignorance more obvious to me than when I tackle some of the posts below.

Question: What originally prompted you to explore Marxism/neo-Marxism? Was it a particular idea, text, public figure…? What idea did you initially find most intriguing?

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