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→Background: Marx "ruthless criticism of all that exists"
The only way to achieve the goals of Marxism was to reject the failures of Marxist ideology and proceed with a new plan.
The only way to achieve the goals of Marxism was to reject the failures of Marxist ideology and proceed with a new plan.
For Marx, ruthless criticism was a principal maxim. He himself inspired the ideals employed by "critical theorists" as he pointed out in a letter written in 1843 to Arnold Ruge:
<blockquote>if constructing the future and settling everything for all times are not our affair, it is all the more clear what we have to accomplish at present: I am referring to ruthless criticism of all that exists, ruthless both in the sense of not being afraid of the results it arrives at and in the sense of being just as little afraid of conflict with the powers that be.<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1843/letters/43_09.htm Letters from the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher, Marx to Ruge], Kreuznach, September 1843</ref></blockquote>
==Immanent critique==
==Immanent critique==