Welcome to a special episode of the Prager U5 Minute Podcast. Today we've got a three-part

series for you called Understanding Marxism. But first, our very own Amla Epinobi has a new show

called Unapologetic. It's a show that explores the biggest ideas in stories and culture,

news, and politics for free thinkers. Visit the link in the description to watch your show now.

And now to the Understanding Marxism series. Everywhere Marxism has been tried,

its left destruction and death in its wake. Yet Marxism lives. From environmentalism with its

rejection of free markets to critical race theory, which sees white patriarchy as a source of

all evil, you'll find Marxism at its root. In this three-part series Bradley Thompson,

Professor of Political Science at Clemson University, explores why Marxism has endured in the face

of unremitting failure. Enjoy. Why does anyone still care about Marxism? Carl Marx has been dead

for well over a century. Everywhere Marxism has been tried, it is left death and destruction in

its wake. In fact, nothing in the last thousand years comes close to the amount of tyranny,

terror, and mass murder brought about by Marxist regimes. Yet Marxism lives. It may present itself

today as postmodernism, multiculturalism, feminism, environmentalism, or critical race theory.

But it's still Marxism. So there must be good reasons why it is endured, even flourished in the

face of unremitting failure. Say what you will about Marx the economist. He was a master psychologist.

He recognized that there are many people in every society who are motivated by envy and resentment.

Marx speaks directly to them. He tells them that their responsibility for the misery in their lives

belongs to the capitalist system. If we can just get rid of that, he promises we can eliminate

poverty, inequality, exploitation, class conflict, war, and alienation. Not a bad list if you're

looking to start a revolution. But there's more. Marxism assures us that this socialist utopia

is close at hand, available to all, not in some distant future or in the next life, but here and now.

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