{"id":77145,"date":"2022-09-04T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T13:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=77145"},"modified":"2022-09-05T21:38:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T01:38:25","slug":"what-is-american-marxism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-is-american-marxism\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is American Marxism? A Critique of Mark Levin&#8217;s Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is American Marxism, really? Is the label fair and accurate?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>American Marxism<\/em>, Mark Levin argues that Democrats and leftist organizations are fueling a Marxist revolution against American culture and society. Critics claim that Levin uses the term &#8220;Marxism&#8221; too broadly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at Levin&#8217;s argument and explore its validity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-levin-s-american-marxists\">Levin\u2019s \u201cAmerican Marxists\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is American Marxism, according to Mark Levin? He argues that leftists and the Democratic party, whom he refers to as \u201cAmerican Marxists,\u201d are encouraging Marxist movements and ideologies that will lead to an eventual overthrow of American society. Levin claims that, when this happens, the Democrats will take control of the government and create a leftist totalitarian society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These Marxist movements encourage revolution by emphasizing the dichotomy of oppressors and oppressed and indoctrinating the public with the idea that American society is inherently unjust and evil. And, according to them, the only solution to this injustice is to destroy American society and establish an improved \u201cegalitarian\u201d society in its place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Levin warns that this egalitarian society will more closely resemble the former Communist Soviet Union\u2014Americans will be stripped of their freedom of speech, free-market <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/capitalism-theory\/\">capitalism<\/a>, private property rights, individualism, and ultimately their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are Levin\u2019s \u201cAmerican Marxists\u201d Actually Marxists?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>American Marxism,<\/em> Levin centers his argument around the rise of Marxist ideology in mainstream American culture, and he argues that this surge in Marxist thought could eventually lead to revolution and the rise of a left-wing communist dictatorship. However, some critics argue that Levin seems to mislabel many leftists and leftist ideas as \u201cMarxist.\u201d To fully contextualize Levin\u2019s argument and evaluate his claims, let\u2019s explore what Marxism is, what Marxists believe, and how Levin may misapply these terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marxism is a set of doctrines developed by Karl Marx (and partly Frederich Engels) that seek to explain human nature and societal development. As explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-communist-manifesto\"><em>The Communist Manifesto<\/em><\/a>, Marx theorizes that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Marxism\/Analysis-of-society#:~:text=a%20new%20system.-,Class%20struggle,-Marx%20inherited%20the\">all societies and economic systems throughout history have developed through a class struggle between oppressors (Bourgeoisie) and oppressed (Proletariat).<\/a> The oppressors exploit the labor of the oppressed to continue developing society; however, this system is unsustainable, and <em>every<\/em> social and economic system that develops from it (including our latest system, capitalism) will eventually fail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marx\u2019s theory also states that the oppressed will eventually rise up to overthrow the oppressors and will implement a sustainable social, political, and economic system that will end class inequality. <a href=\"https:\/\/shortform.com\/app\/book\/the-communist-manifesto\/chapter-2#the-path-forward\">Marx theorized what this system would entail and called it communism<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>American Marxism<\/em>, Levin tends to label any movement, organization, or person that distinguishes between oppressors and oppressed as Marxist. However, a Marxist is someone who believes in Marx&#8217;s analysis and prediction of society, and the vast majority of \u201cAmerican Marxists\u201d that Levin mentions do not match this description. Most of the people Levin calls \u201cMarxists\u201d all believe (1) that society has a group of oppressors and a group that\u2019s oppressed, and (2) that systematic changes need to occur to lessen inequality\u2014but <em>these beliefs don\u2019t make them Marxists<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To correctly label these people as Marxists, they would have to additionally believe (3) that America\u2019s current system (constitutional federal republic and capitalist economy) is unsustainable and must end; (4) that the working class <em>should<\/em> and <em>will<\/em> eventually overthrow this system; and (5) that the most sustainable system to replace it is communism (as defined by Marx). The majority of leftists and leftist ideas Levin mentions don\u2019t express these beliefs (as we\u2019ll see in the rest of this guide). Consequently, Levin incorrectly labels many moderate and less radical (compared to classical Marxism) leftist ideas as Marxist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is American Marxism, really? Is the label fair and accurate? In American Marxism, Mark Levin argues that Democrats and leftist organizations are fueling a Marxist revolution against American culture and society. Critics claim that Levin uses the term &#8220;Marxism&#8221; too broadly. 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