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| | '''Herbert Marcuse''' (1898-1979), a member of the [[Frankfurt School]], was a major figure in the [[New Left]] movement of the 1960s. He was also a major figure in the development of [[Cultural Marxism]], more commonly known as [[political correctness]]. Marcuse invented the concept of “[[partisan tolerance]],” that is, [[tolerance]] for leftist ideas and [[intolerance]] of all others. Partisan tolerance has evolved into [[political correctness]], [[censorship]], and curtailment of [[Free Speech]] [[1st Amendment]] rights. | | '''Herbert Marcuse''' (1898-1979), a member of the [[Frankfurt School]], was a major figure in the [[New Left]] movement of the 1960s. He was also a major figure in the development of [[Cultural Marxism]], more commonly known as [[political correctness]]. Marcuse invented the concept of “[[partisan tolerance]],” that is, [[tolerance]] for leftist ideas and [[intolerance]] of all others. Partisan tolerance has evolved into [[political correctness]], [[censorship]], and curtailment of [[Free Speech]] [[1st Amendment]] rights. |
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| − | His primary thesis was that revolutionaries such as university students, ghetto blacks, the alienated, the asocial, and the third world could take the place of the proletariat. His infamous essay ''Repressive Tolerance'' is the definitive blueprint for the "[[political correctness]]" movement. | + | According to Andrew Breitbart, unable to find a disgruntled proletariat, Marcuse found another dividing line that could be exploited to exacerbate social strife and dismantle societal structures—namely “victim groups,” the bedrock of [[identity politics]]. His primary thesis was that revolutionaries such as university students, ghetto blacks, the alienated, the asocial, and the [[third world]] could take the place of the [[proletariat]]. |
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| | + | Attempting to build a new proletariat to build a socialist [[revolution]] on, he preached that women are victimized by men. Creating a sense of exploitation, he stoked tension between white and nonwhite Americans, [[homosexual]] and [[hetero-sexual]], championing the downtrodden [[transgender]] population. Breitbart maintained that Marcuse’s mission was “to dismantle American society by using [[diversity]] and ‘[[multiculturalism]]’ as crowbars with which to pry the structure apart, piece by piece.” Marcuse and [[Saul Alinsky]] continually incorporated the best weapons to effect the assault on the structures of American society, maximizing the tension between victim and oppressor. |
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| | + | His infamous essay ''Repressive Tolerance'' is the definitive blueprint for the "[[political correctness]]" movement. |
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| | Many radical activists were influenced by Marcuse, such as Norman O. Brown,<ref>{{cite book |author=Dufresne, Todd |title=Tales from the Freudian Crypt: The Death Drive in Text and Context |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford |year=2000 |page=112 |isbn=978-0-8047-3885-9 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> [[Angela Davis]],<ref name="Ebony-July1971">{{cite news | | Many radical activists were influenced by Marcuse, such as Norman O. Brown,<ref>{{cite book |author=Dufresne, Todd |title=Tales from the Freudian Crypt: The Death Drive in Text and Context |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford |year=2000 |page=112 |isbn=978-0-8047-3885-9 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=}}</ref> [[Angela Davis]],<ref name="Ebony-July1971">{{cite news |