Critical Theory - Is It Really a Theory?

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critical theories is a thing that came out of marxism originally. The french post moderns were trying to deconstruct and promletize everything, which you want. But once you throw in the plank that says no one can critique the theory, that's when everything bad happens. One theory is infinitely more dangerous than having two; but three theories is only a little bit better than two. You have to have at least two so that you have that dialectic. We've really gone off course here. Lemmy, i know we're short on types. O let et let me, just to be,. just to be consistent here, letme,Let him throw in one more...

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