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Emmet Connor discusses the expansion of Marxist ideas in the modern West and their implications.

Emmet Connor, author of Red Pandemic, joins me to discuss his claim that Marxist ideas are expanding globally through culture, institutions and politics. We start with the core question: is there actually a coherent Marxist movement in the modern West or is the term being used too loosely to describe broader social change? We also explore what Marxism is today, how it may have evolved beyond its original economic focus and whether its historical outcomes are a failure of implementation or something inherent to the ideology itself. - ⁠- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Marxism Or Leftism 00:05:00 - Defining The Revolution 00:10:55 - Useful Idiots Problem 00:18:52 - Fabian Influence Debate 00:30:00 - Do Marxists Know? 00:37:52 - How Ideas Spread 00:48:34 - Freedom And Liberty 01:02:23 - The Right’s Branding 01:16:30 - Where The Right Wins 01:30:31 - Power And Democracy 01:46:56 - What People Actually Want 02:10:23 - Final Reflections - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CONTACT PETE › Website – http://petermccormack.com › Feedback –…

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Host: Peter McCormack

Guest: Emmet Connor

Topics covered

• Marxism
• political ideology
• cultural influence
• social change
• historical outcomes

Keywords

• Marxism
• cultural influence
• politics
• social change
• ideology

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Red Pandemic

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