Rather than “Marvellous Melbourne,” the city should be called “Marxist Melbourne”. Victoria, like so many other places throughout the world, is succumbing to the agenda of radical leftists and their neo-Marxist worldview. In fact, Melbourne is the location for an annual pro-Marxism conference, this year held, perhaps somewhat deliberately and rebelliously, over the weekend when Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a sad fact that, like so many other places, Marxism is gaining political ascendency throughout Australia and is capturing the minds of the younger generation.
Reporters attending the most recent conference indicated that most attendees were 35 or younger. Those in attendance seemed to have both an aversion to capitalism and COVID-19. Mask-wearing was compulsory in all sessions they declared. Everyone enthusiastically agreed. Although, nobody seemed to ask if the lockdowns, mandatory shots and mask-wearing were all perpetuated by capitalist Big Pharma. But I digress.
One of the most intriguing sessions was, “Chip technology is a new imperialism.” Hmmm, I wonder how they will feel about the Antichrist? As evidenced by the overall agenda of the Marxism Conference 2023, perhaps they would flock to his side if he is a perceived minority. After all, the weekend was spent railing against all forms of oppression concerning women, races, LGBTIQA+ and all and sundry minorities. It remains to be seen whether the young people in attendance truly understand what Marx’s vision was but since there is an enthusiasm for the ideology which is resonating amongst the Australian people, it would be foolish to ignore the wave of support for neo-Marxism.
In hindsight, the problems we experience with Marxism in our age really began in universities and colleges. The general Marxist approach is to shame or eventually stop any ideas beyond what is politically correct at the time. When we think of Marxism, we generally tend to think of economics, but that was Marx’s third concern. His second was politics and the first was religion.
So, in original Marxism, the centre of opposition was between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. However, in neo-Marxism the confrontation is now between Western culture and exploited minority groups. In America, for example, its strength was found in its relationship with Jesus Christ. Hence, for Marxism to succeed, it had to compete in all of the institutions that have a Christian presence. Therefore, Marxism must marginalise the dominant ideology in opposition to it and that is why it aggressively seeks to displace Christianity. What this has meant in America and similar Western nations is the slow, incremental destruction of Christian principles in society to make it a fertile ground for a lasting Marxist revolution.
After Marx’s failed campaign, his acolytes believed that the way you could really bring about utopia was to change the culture. The effect therefore is similar to original Marxism – it seeks to impose its worldview by suppressing anybody who dares to dissent. After all, the key factor in Marx’s intellectual legacy in our present-day society is not “philosophy” but “critique” or, what he described in 1843 as “the ruthless criticism of all that exists.” This is where the social justice movement is closely aligned with core ideas from Marxism – such movements recognise, as did Marx, that the ideas that rule every society are those of its ruling class and that overturning those ideas is fundamental to true revolutionary progress.
The reason that Marxism has been so successful in permeating every facet of modern society is that there was a deliberate ploy on the part of neo-Marxists to acquire positions of influence within the social hierarchy to advocate for the transformation of culture. In his book, Marxism in the United States, author Paul Buhle succinctly answers the question: where did all the 60’s radicals go? He says, “neither to religious cults nor yuppiedom, but to the classroom.” Because these people had rejected God, neo-Marxism became an intellectual anchor.
A key plank to the successful march of Marxism is its destructive criticism of the main elements of Western culture including Christianity, capitalism, authority, the family, morality, tradition, sexual restraint, loyalty and patriotism.
Therefore, over time, Critical Theory has been used to attack Christians, absolute morality, the Ten Commandments, traditional culture and even Boy Scouts. It has been described as a psychological battering ram which is used to force society to submit to Marxism.
It was and is used so forcefully that political centrists became too scared to admit the truth of important issues and strived to not be found guilty of “wrong think.” What this led to is a large segment of society tolerating everything in order to avoid being called offensive names.
Ironically since the Berlin Wall fell, a relief for the east, Marxism accelerated in the west.
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