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Note that below I'll just call this philosophical position "idealist" but this doesn't mean what that word normally means (i.e. "optimistic", read the link), and as an aside, this is why they aren't "Marxists" regardless of what they say they believe or what right-wingers say they believe, but that's a whole different discussion (the tl;dr is orthodox Marxism is materialist, not idealist, where reality > ideas/mind; but we all got silenced pretty early, even before the "TERFs").

It may be Nu-Marxism, (Some unholy Frankenstein creation combining traditional Marxism with Postmodernism and neo-liberal Western values) but it’s still following the Marxist template to a Tee.

Marxism is Q-anon conspiratorial type shit that divides the world into two types of classes, the oppressors (“Bourgeois”) and the oppressed (“Proletariat.)” with absolutely no room for nuance or complexity between these two types. Except the original Marxism was solely focused on the Oppressor/Oppressed dichotomy as applied to Economic Class and Wealth distribution only, meanwhile Nu-Marxists have taken that original Bourgeois/Proletariat template and have applied it to literally fucking everything! Race, Sexuality, Sex Gender, Interpersonal relationships, you name it Nu-Marxism can turn just about anything into the “The Eternal Struggle” as long as there’s some sort of power dynamic/inequality to be had. Because just like the original Marxists, Nu-Marxists have a black & white view on the world and can’t look at people as individuals, they can only see the world through an Oppressor/Victim lens.

Remember, Marxism was the original wokeism. “Woke” as in to “wake up” to the forces around you that seek to oppress and exploit you. It is no coincidence that Nu-Marxists continue to be as atheistic and religion hating as their forebears of old (that is at least when they’re not touting the benefits of so-called deemed “POC religions” like Islam and Hinduism because otherwise “dat’s RAcIsT!”) Traditional religions promote an ideology founded on the beliefs of redemption, salvation and man’s ultimate goodness whereas Marxism/Nu-Marxism is fundamentally cynical, pessimistic, and founded on hate, anger and resentment. Marxists take a dismal view on human nature and see it as an eternal power struggle that they must attempt to squash at every turn in order to keep up their fake notion of “equality,” even if they ironically end up becoming the Oppressors themselves. (Animal Farm actually perfectly illustrates this escalation)

Marxism/Nu-Marxism basically is a religion minus the concept of God/a Higher Power (Their main belief system is a belief in an uncomplicated neat and balanced “Oppressor/Victim dynamic” with their ultimate goal/Heaven being that of “true equality,” and and if you dare profess to see the holes in this system or express doubt in viewing the entire world in this way, you are deemed as one of the “privileged,” aka their religions version of a “Heretic.”) in all but name, and is trying to replace the traditional faith systems of old. But at least the latter offered some path to redemption and weren’t ideologies centered solely around the notion of revenge & toxic victimhood. According to traditional Marxism the only way for a heretic to be “saved” is if you gave up all your life savings, and now with this Nu-Marxism it’s to “identify” as a trans lesbian. (Because god forbid you happen to be born a cis white straight male, the very devil category itself!)