Neo-Marxism and the alt-right

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A leading organizer of the violent alt-right "Unite the Right" rally, Richard B. Spencer, endorsed Joe Biden for president in 2020.[1]

Despite commonly labeled "far-right," Spencer is anti-capitalist and supports government welfare programs such as socialistic universal healthcare.[2]

Despite persistent efforts by neo-Marxists to dismiss the alt-right as a "radical right" movement and an outgrowth of right-wing politics, overwhelming evidence implicates Marxist and neo-Marxist tenets as its ideological origins. Mainstream contemporary leftism in accordance with its New Left/neo-Marxist roots, contrary to being antithetical ideologues of the alt-right on the opposite side of the political spectrum, is an outgrowth of the same sentiments that fueled the alt-right.

The false equivalence of the alt-right as a "right-wing" movement serves as a propaganda tool to benefit both neo-Marxists and the alt-right itself: neo-Marxists can thereby employ a convenient association fallacy tactic to slander conservatives, and the alt-right is legitimized further to infiltrate its own beliefs into the political right.

Rivaling for the same recruits

According to Quartz in late January 2018:[3]

“ At the end of last year, a group of white American men met in Maryland, US to discuss the ills plaguing the Western world. During this conference, these men rallied against “corporate neoliberalism,” the “trillions spent in insane wars,” and of course, “the capitalists.”

The men critiquing global capitalism are the country’s most prominent white nationalists, according to a recent report in The Nation. On the surface, everything they were pushing for struck at the core at left-wing values. Eli Mosley (real name Elliott Kline), who recently took over the leadership of white nationalist group Identity Evropa, called for white nationalists to be “explicitly anti-capitalist.” White supremacist blogger Mike Enoch (real name Mike Peinovich), called for “a right-wing workers’ movement,” while Richard Spencer, probably one of America’s most prominent white supremacists, voiced his support for national health care, saying “we need to be willing to take care of people…”

The far-right’s co-option of the language of the far-left may seem odd at first—the two ideologies sit on oppose end of the political spectrum and are often fighting each other (in bouts that have been known to turn violent). But while the far-right may parrot the left, the two still diverge widely in their intended goals and actions. When Spencer speaks of altruism, he never hesitates to expand that the society that he is striving for is a white ethno-nationalist state, which he hopes to achieve through “peaceful ethnic cleansing.”

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—Aamna Mohdin, January 31, 2018

Parallel to 1920s–30s era Germany: Nazism and Communism

Just as the modern-day alt-right and neo-Marxists prowl upon the same youthful groups to entice into its causes, similarly did the Nazi Party and Communist Party in Weimar Germany compete for the same recruits. According to Friedrich Hayek:[4]

“ The relative ease with which a young communist could be converted into a Nazi or vice versa was generally known in Germany, best of all to the propagandists of the two parties. Many a University teacher during the 1930s has seen English or American students return from the Continent uncertain whether they were communists or Nazis and certain they hated Western liberal civilization.

To both, the real enemy, the man with whom they had nothing in common and whom they could not hope to convince is the liberal of the old type.

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—"The Road to Serfdom," p. 30

Identity politics

For a more detailed treatment, see Identity politics.
Neo-Marxist godfather Antonio Gramsci developed the concept of identity politics, used by the modern-day alt-right.

According to The National Interest on the the neo-Marxist origin of racial identity politics:[5]

“ Antonio Gramsci, an Italian Marxist thinker, theorized in the 1920s that communism had not really taken root in the West because the working classes had not been conditioned for it. He made the case for a kind of cultural Marxism that would ultimately transform Western societies.

...Gramsci’s ideas were absorbed by the German-based Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, and by its leading proponent in America, Herbert Marcuse. Marcuse, who came to the United States in the 1930s, became a leading figure of the New Left and was an advocate of the radical college campus politics of the 1960s and 1970s.

Part of the strategy of Marcuse and left-wing activists was to mobilize various racial groups who would oppose prevailing Western and capitalist values.

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—Jarrett Stepman, Aug. 22, 2020

Conservatives, adhering to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s belief that individuals should be judged on their individual character and not their skin color, strenuously, oppose all forms of identity politics, i.e. white nationalism, black nationalism, multiculturalism, intersectionality, etc.[6] However, the alt-right remodels the Marxist concept of identity politics,[7] from which multiculturalism grew out of, to form its own pagan worship of the "sanctity" of the white race.[8]

Capitalization of "white" and "black"

Both neo-Marxists and the alt-right, rejecting racial equality, hold double standards on whether the terms "white" and "black" in reference to race are to be capitalized. Traditionally, both are written in lowercase, though amidst the George Floyd protests, neo-Marxist publications began to capitalize "black" in an effort to appease woke demands.[9] However, most who capitalize "black" refuse to also capitalize "white"; the Huffington Post noted the Associated Press's refusal:[10]

“ Capitalizing white certainly doesn’t have widespread support, though, in part because white supremacist sites have also been known to capitalize the “w” in white.

“Capitalizing the term white, as is done by white supremacists, risks subtly conveying legitimacy to such beliefs,” the AP said of its decision to leave white lowercase.

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—Brittany Wong, September 3, 2020

White supremacist capitalization of the term "white," as a manner of denoting implied great significance of "white collective identity," dates back decades. Just as white supremacists capitalize "white" while leaving black in lowercase, similarly do appeasers of the woke agenda capitalize "black" yet leave "white" in lowercase.

Anti-Jewry

Israel and Palestinians

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White supremacist David Duke praised left-wing icon Ilhan Omar for her anti-Jewish canards.[11][12][13][14][15]

Both neo-Marxists and the alt-right are known for their contempt for Zionism, attacking Israeli nationalism as "imperialism" and using the "Zionist Occupation Government" canard.[16][17][18] Neo-Marxists, despite branding the ZOG conspiracy theory a "far-right" characteristic, propagate it alongside neo-Nazis whose causes they facilitate and enable.

White supremacist causes have benefited from mainstream anti-Zionist bigotry rampant on neo-Marxist college campuses; David Duke, a Ku Klux Klan member and neo-Nazi, shared an anti-Jewish cartoon by Harvard University's Palestine Solidarity Committee.[19]

The phrase "Jewish supremacy," a common slur among white supremacists such as Duke, who wrote a book titled "Jewish Supremacism,"[20] has increasingly been adopted by neo-Marxists such as the mainstream media to attack Zionists.[21] According to The Jerusalem Post, the term traces back to Nazi Germany.[22]

Alt-right, anti-Jewish "traditionalist Catholic" personality E. Michael Jones welcomes anti-Zionist Jews "to the club"

E. Michael Jones, an anti-Jewish, supposedly "right-wing" agitator, is known for promoting numerous myths blaming immorality on Judaism. After staffers of the Anti-Defamation League objected to labeling pro-Palestinian Jew-haters as akin to their counterparts on the "far-right," Jones declared: "Jews are now learning that anyone who disagrees with ADL CEO Greenblatt is an anti-Semite even if they are Jewish. Welcome to the club."[23]

Similarly, neo-Marxist Jew-haters often claim that their support from self-hating, anti-Zionist Jews such as J Street and Jewish Voice for Peace negates any premise of them being anti-Jew because they "have Jewish friends." (see: Friend argument)

Hatred of Jewish conservatives

Both mainstream neo-Marxist leftists and alt-right neo-Nazis loathe right-wing Jewish personalities such as Ben Shapiro, often employing the same pro-Palestinian, anti-Zionist tropes in vicious slanders against Shapiro. Both neo-Marxists[24] and "alt-righters"[25] have sent death threats against not only Shapiro but also his family members.

Abortion

For a more detailed treatment, see Alt-right and abortion.

Accelerationism

Alt-right mass murderers are noted to have been inspired by accelerationism,[26] a concept derived from the writings of Karl Marx.[27]

References

  1. ↑ Grzeszczak, Jocelyn (August 25, 2020). Richard Spencer Reiterates Support for Biden, Disavows 'Useless' and 'Traitorous' GOP. Newsweek. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  2. ↑ Miley, Zach (May 16, 2017). 4 Reasons Why Richard Spencer Is A Racist Leftist. The Daily Wire. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ Mohdin, Aamna (January 31, 2018). The alt-right are targeting disgruntled white male lefties to join their movement. Quartz. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. ↑ Hayek, F. A. (March 1944). The Road to Serfdom, p. 30. Google Books. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  5. ↑ Stepman, Jarrett (August 22, 2020). How the Far Left's Focus on Identity Politics Is Changing America. The National Interest. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  6. ↑ The 3 Big Differences Between Conservatives and Progressives. The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  7. ↑ Malik, Kenan (January 8, 2023). Racism rebranded: how far-right ideology feeds off identity politics. The Guardian. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  8. ↑ Brown, Taylor S. (February 11, 2018). Alt-Right Paganism. Patheos. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  9. ↑ June 19, 2020. AP changes writing style to capitalize ″b″ in Black. Associated Press. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  10. ↑ Wong, Brittany (September 3, 2020). Here's Why It's A Big Deal To Capitalize The Word 'Black'. Huffington Post. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  11. ↑ Morton, Victor (March 7, 2019). David Duke praises Rep. Ilhan Omar. The Washington Times via Associated Press. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  12. ↑ Israel, David (March 8, 2019). David Duke and Ilhan Omar Sitting in a Tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. The Jewish Press. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  13. ↑ Green, Emma (February 11, 2019). Ilhan Omar Just Made It Harder to Have a Nuanced Debate About Israel. The Atlantic. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  14. ↑ Brest, Mike (February 11, 2019). Former KKK Leader David Duke Defends Rep. Omar For Criticizing Pro-Israel Lobbying Group. The Daily Caller. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  15. ↑ Rosenberg, David (February 13, 2019). Ex-Klansman David Duke backs Ilhan Omar in anti-Semitism scandal. Israel National News. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  16. ↑ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/18/mapping-israeli-occupation-gaza-palestine
  17. ↑ Notkin, Melanie (October 15, 2022). College leftists expand campaign to silence all talk of Zionism and Israel. New York Post. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  18. ↑ Mikics, David (March 29, 2019). The Left’s Favorite Dirty Word. Tablet Magazine. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  19. ↑ Fournier, Ryan (August 13, 2020). David Duke’s BFF is an anti-Semitic student group at Harvard. Jewish News Syndicate. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  20. ↑ https://archive.is/UNJxj
  21. ↑ Troy, Gil (June 25, 2021). 'Jewish Supremacy': A Nazi Slur Goes Woke | Opinion. Newsweek. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  22. ↑ Ticker, Bruce S. (July 10, 2021). The phrase ‘Jewish supremacy’ is brazen antisemitism - opinion. The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  23. ↑ https://archive.is/kGf4P#selection-779.0-779.135
  24. ↑ Brown, Spencer (January 17, 2019). GW Leftists Threaten YAF For Hosting Ben Shapiro: ‘GET SECURITY’. Young America's Foundation. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  25. ↑ Mandel, Bethany (October 30, 2017). Anti-Semitic trolls are targeting Ben Shapiro’s sister and it’s horrifying. Forward. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  26. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (November 18, 2019). Accelerationism: the obscure idea inspiring white supremacist killers around the world. Vox. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  27. ↑ Beckett, Andy (May 11, 2017). Accelerationism: how a fringe philosophy predicted the future we live in. The Guardian. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

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