Living a Marxist Life: Why Marx is a Drug You Should Probably Take

The last ten years have seen a dramatic upsurge of interest in socialist theory and politics. As a recent Washington Post op—ed put it, “We are living in a new social democratic moment”. People are increasingly drawn to Marxist theory but find it difficult to imagine how it can be integrated practically into an everyday life pervaded by capitalist norms and social practices. Often intuitively, they agree with Marx's critique of capitalism, but don't know how to bridge the gap between their ...