(08-27-2020, 01:18 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(08-27-2020, 12:43 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: This is what some of us have been saying from the begging. The problem with most of these movements is that the goal can never be attained to perfection. That's why it's a great façade for the real goal.

If you really think this is some sort of deep dark conspiracy to overthrow the capitalist system, aren't you giving these people a little too much credit?  Do you really think a conspiracy that large is even possible?

I don't know what it would take to convince, you, dude. The more I learn, the more obvious it has become that this is being organized. The movement is organic, don't get me wrong, but it's not happening by chance. BLM was created by self-professed Marxists, who were trained community organizers. They know they can use culture as a tool to dismantle the system and have honed in on the most effective methods: Race/Sex/Gender. This didn't happen out of thin air, but after a long, slow push to overthrow capitalism. 

Let me see if I can give you a brief rundown:

Early 1900's: Marxism is not taking off like people hoped. The poor are not overthrowing the rich like they hoped. Enter Critical theory. Critical theory says there must be other tools of oppression that keep a citizenry tied to capitalism. Critical theory attempts to deconstruct society by breaking down norms and attacking cultural stability. This branches into Critical Race theory, queer and gender studies, and feminist studies. Enter post modernism: Disenfranchised Marxists begin to question if anything can really be known. Long story short, the answer is no. This results in a pseudo rejection of Marxism (but, in reality, it's just a rejection of everything). Then you get a group in the late 70's, early 80's that bridges the deconstructionism and dislike of capitalism of Critical theory with the unknown truisms of postmodernism. This results in intersectionality: when something is unknown, you take the side of the group that is the most oppressed. Intersectionality is the "order" of the social justice movement, and the goal is to overthrow capitalism.

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