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#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism
Lex Fridman Podcast
What Marxism Can Tell Us About the Sex Appeal of Blue Jeans?
"I fundamentally believe in the broad contours of historical materialism," he says. "But I think we should be clear of what Marxist theory tells us and what it doesn't tell us" Marxism can tell us a lot about how surplus is distributed, but that's beyond its role as an economic system,. He also believes socialism was turned into Soviet-style dialectical materialism by Stalinists.
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