“Had marxism not existed, ‘post-marxism’ would have had to invent it, so that “deconstructing” it once more would give the ‘deconstructionists’ something further to do.” “The problem of ideology, therefore, concerns the ways in which ideas of different kinds grip the minds of masses, and thereby become a ‘material force.’” The Problem of Ideology--Marxism without Guarantees , Stuart Hall In the hallowed halls of the academy, debates have raged for generations about what Marxism can explain . Meanwhile, among assembly line workers and Amazon drivers, among meme pages and people who hate their jobs, the debate rages about what Marxism can do . When Stuart Hall and members of the New Left set out to define “post-marxism,” they wanted to fill in the gaps in Marx’s understanding of how social ideas arise. Today, exhausted by the crushing weight of existence under capitalism, members of the r/antiwork Reddit community enact new social ideals in a way that can only be termed Everyday Ma...