Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?
Or, how authoritarians use your fear of authoritarianism to get you to hate anti-authoritarians
What up. I’m Anna. I’m here to chew bubblegum and rant about the stupidity of American socio-political discourse and I am perfectly capable of talking while I chew.
You see, I am what Jordan Peterson might call a “postmodern neo-Marxist.” That I’m an anarchist and more of a Bookchinite than a Karl stan seems irrelevant to that label, as does the part where Marxism emerged during the early Modernist era so a “postmodern Marxism” is inherently a “neo-Marxism” and the label is needlessly redundant.
This is the label Jordan Peterson et al. like to apply to, I guess, anyone who thinks trans people are real. Within the American psyche, “postmodern neo-Marxism” lives in a cute little Venn diagram along with other terms such as “social justice warrior,” “wokeist,” and “radical Leftist.”
This rant isn’t about Jordan Peterson, but about how authoritarians leverage their labels and their propaganda to play on your fears so you’ll support authoritarians.
Sticking with the first label for now, “postmodern neo-Marxism” has two words in it that really seem to freak people out, depending on the person’s particular anxieties: Marxism and…
