Groucho Marxism
Questions and answers on socialism, Marxism, and related topics
Category: Psychology
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In a previous blog post I argued that spiritual and political awakening are two sides of the same coin. I also mentioned the main problem with going such an awakening: namely, that it makes it painfully obvious when others haven’t. It can start to feel as though you are the only awake person in a…
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A spiritual awakening is a profound shift in consciousness, moving beyond the ego to a deeper sense of self, reality, and connection. It is often triggered by life events or contemplation, leading to transformation, new perspectives, heightened awareness, compassion, and a search for deeper meaning, sometimes feeling disorienting but ultimately bringing clarity and purpose. A…
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I recently went through a rather unpleasant experience at work. I had applied for a professional qualification and as part of the application process was invited to what was labelled a ‘career discussion’. The point of this, I was told, was to go through my career history with a member of the relevant professional body…
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In a previous blog post I proposed an explanation as to why some people seem to have a vehement dislike for those of us on the left. According to the conception put forward there, these people, who I referred to as ‘bourgeois centrists’, hate us leftists because of the damage our well-thought-out, evidence-based arguments inflict…
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On Thursday this week, two Jewish people were killed and three left in a serious condition after a car ramming and stabbing attack outside a synagogue in Manchester. The attack occurred during worship on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar. As I write this details of exactly what happened are still…
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I recently returned from a long weekend visiting my family home in Devon. Driving back through the village where I grew up, I was surprised to see St. George’s Crosses painted on one of the village’s two zebra crossings. On the journey home through Somerset, Wiltshire, and Hampshire, seeing St. George’s Crosses and Union Flags…
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Antisemitism sadly appears to be on the rise again, and there has been no shortage of coverage of this in the mainstream media. For example, writing in The Spectator last week, Brendan O’Neill stated that ‘Britain is experiencing one of the worst eruptions of anti-Jewish hatred in decades’; and this is just one of dozens…
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In January this year, Donald Trump began his second term as President of the United States. Unlike last time he was elected, when he had to rely on the hopelessly antiquated electoral college system to get him over the line, this time he won by a landslide, winning the popular vote. Immediately upon taking office…
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Being a leftist feels like a thankless task sometimes. Over the years I have been called naive, ignorant, intolerant, arrogant, racist, a cultist, a terrorist, and probably many other things I have chosen to forget, simply for putting forward and defending left-wing views. It’s bad enough when these insults are made by strangers, but often…
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