They craft an image of Marx in their heads because they agree that Capitalism has issues, otherwise they would be on Reddit, but never actually read Marx. That's the crux of these liberals complaining about Marxists and Anarchists.

Lemmy.world is allergic to reading theory, basically

[–] cannibalkitteh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In a lot of cases, while I am frustrated by them, I don't entirely fault them.

Theory is dense and written in an antiquated way since the base of it is over 200 years old. Folks often try to find a summary, which can lead to a whole slew of rightwing disinfo. On top of that, anarchism has been actively maligned in the US since the dismantling of unions in the 1920s and communism has been since the cold war, so people often have to overcome their initial misconceptions before they can even begin to learn.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago

You're absolutely correct. It's why I have a Lemmy.ml account in the first place, I want to reach out and feed them theory, or challenge their pre-existing worldviews in a manner that might lead to good discussion. It doesn't work most of the time, but it has worked in other instances, and that makes it more worth it to me.

That, or I'm a masochist, lol