‘...Marx wrote a letter to the French workers’ leader [...], accusing them of “revolutionary phrase-mongering” and of denying the value of reformist struggles; “if that is Marxism” — paraphrasing what Marx wrote — “then I am not a Marxist”.′
From Wiki. It must take a lot of balls to say ‘you have strayed from my original Idea, I want none of this’, and risk marginalisation. Much easier to just be the idol.
She’s not the Messiah. She’s a very naughty girl.
Great essay.
‘...Marx wrote a letter to the French workers’ leader [...], accusing them of “revolutionary phrase-mongering” and of denying the value of reformist struggles; “if that is Marxism” — paraphrasing what Marx wrote — “then I am not a Marxist”.′
From Wiki. It must take a lot of balls to say ‘you have strayed from my original Idea, I want none of this’, and risk marginalisation. Much easier to just be the idol.