Derick Varn and Douglas Lain discuss the failings of a sect of Trotskyism known as "Political Marxism" after discussing just what Chris Cutrone might have meant when he asked Doug to join his effort to create a "Dictatorship of the Proletariat." Can Marx's ideas become politically relevant today? What are the impediments to socialism today?

Relevant Essays:

The ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat’ in Marx and Engels by Hal Draper

https://www.marxists.org/subject/marxmyths/hal-draper/article2.htm

Is There Anything to Defend in Political Marxism by Neil Davidson

https://isreview.org/issue/91/there-anything-defend-political-marxism