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		kungfooguru on Dec 8, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: David Simon: 'There are now two Americas. My count... I don't agree with Simon's claim that because Marx provided no clear clinical treatment it should cause one to not call themselves a Marxist. Marxism is the science of analyzing socioeconomic relations.

steveklabnik on Dec 8, 2013 [–]

Agreed. I read it as defensive comments designed to appear more reasonable to a broad audience, since Marxism is such a dirty word here.

(I play a Marxist often, but really, I part ways with Hegel, so I can't really truly be a Marxist.)

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