Spencer and Laurie interviewed the Platypus Society’s Chris Cutrone, “the last Marxist” and our favorite contemporary Marxist, on Wednesday, October 12, 2022. The first half covers Cutrone’s life. He explains how he went from a working class, Catholic Reagan-style conservative family to a Marxist, and his journey through education. One element in his journey of particular interest to us is his exposure to Catholic Worker-style Christians at an early age, and what impression that left on him. We get into his thoughts on what constitutes a good education, and whether or not education ought to differ depending on who is receiving it. The second half of the interview delves further into why leftists have a hard time dealing with the working class, whether it’s because of their (now) Trumpian conservatism or their religiosity, the future of capitalism, how the environment might fare in a turn toward socialism, and why and how socialists and religious believers might be able to cooperate.
“Paths to Marxism” (2021)
