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Single Idea 23135
[filed under theme 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism
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Full Idea
The classic Marxist account shows liberalism as merely the ideology of the bourgeoisie.
Gist of Idea
Classic Marxists see liberalism as the ideology of the bourgeoisie
Source
Adam Gopnik (A Thousand Small Sanities [2019], 3)
Book Ref
Gopnik,Adam: 'A Thousand Small Sanities' [riverrun 2019], p.153
A Reaction
The word 'merely' does an awful lot of work in philosohy! I suspect that 'bourgeoisie' is self-defining here - as the believers in liberalism - given that lots of Marxists emerge from the middle classes.
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23132
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Conservatives believe obedience and rank are essential to social order
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23130
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Popular imperialism gives the poor the belief that their acts have world historical meaning
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23131
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Patriots love their place, but nationalists have a paranoid ethnic hostility
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23129
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Right-wingers attack liberal faith in reason, left-wingers attack its faith in reform
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23133
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Cosmopolitan liberals lack national loyalty, and welcome excessive immigration
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23138
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Modern left-wingers criticise liberalism's control of culture
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23139
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Liberalism's attempt to be neutral and colour-blind erases cultural identities
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23135
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Classic Marxists see liberalism as the ideology of the bourgeoisie
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23140
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Environmental disasters result not from capitalism, but from a general drive for growth
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23136
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Liberal free speech is actually paid speech
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23134
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A 'free' society implies a free market, which always produces predatory capitalism and inequalities
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23141
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Left-wingers are inconsistent in their essentialist descriptions of social groups
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23142
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People are fallible, so liberalism tries to distribute power
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23143
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Liberals have tried very hard to build a conscience into their institutions
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