I think they’ve evolved/devolved past Marxism as an economic system. For the Left, its puppet masters and sycophants, it’s about nothing more than control. Nothing more. Nothing less.
If anything, they want Chinese-style Capitalism. A select few get rich beyond their wildest dreams while everyone else eats dirt.
I have an old co-worker that was a Marine Security Guard in Beijing, years ago and he had the opportunity to do quite a bit of traveling around the country. All he said was, get outside the major cities and those people are dirt poor and eating sparrows and rats, to survive.
The Left wants The Hunger Games. Not sure if they want the killing contest, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they wanted that too. But they definitely want Panem and President Snow.
“I think they’ve evolved/devolved past Marxism as an economic system. For the Left, its puppet masters and sycophants, it’s about nothing more than control.”
You pretty much phrased what I was trying to compose.
Marxism is a system that makes grasping and retaining power easier.