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Is it just me or are Italians surprisingly prolific marxist theorists? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by King_Simp@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

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Antonio Gramsci, Dominic Losurdo, Silvia Fredirici, etc. [Technically Michael Parenti if we go by his surname, and the fact that New York City is rightful Italian land (/s)].

Obviously there are good authors everywhere [and obviously AES states have more], but I feel like Italians get a slightly bigger proportion of non-AES originated publications compared to other places like Germany and Britain [although in the latter's case, their intellectuals are so endlessly insufferable im genuinely considering calling for a ban on all publications from the god forsaken island]

Anyway, probably just confirmation bias, but if anyone has any thoughts on it then id love to here them

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[–] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 day ago

I mean, Marx came from Germany so...

But I think it has to do with how both Germany and Italy were heavily industrialized while also not having as many colonies like Spain, Britain or France.

But Germany actually got a socialist government in the east after the war, so their western counterparts by necessity had to be social democrats. The Communist Party of Italy on the other hand went on existing for most of the 20th century, supported by the Comintern.

In all of Western Europe the last century, I think Italy and maybe (Northern) Ireland had the most consistent revolutionary potential until Eurocommunism doomed the peninsula.