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To which I say… bring it on! While I know the attack will be nothing more than red baiting, it would amazing if people actually started looking into what he’s actually been writing about and saying. My understanding is that he’s a Marxian economist and not, say, a Marxist philosopher or whatever. And - much like Marx himself - Kamala’s dad is far more focused on critiques of actually existing capitalism than how to bring about communism.

Hilarious if the GOP starts to make the campaign about him, then people actually see what he says and then they’re like “hang on a sec, let him cook this stuff he’s saying about how the economy actually works makes sense to me.”

Edit: I added the quotes around “has a Marxist dad” in the title because, now that I’m doing some research, I don’t see anywhere where he’s self-identified as a Marxist. It appears he uses Marx’s analytic tools and speaks highly of Marx, but I also wouldn’t want to put words in his mouth. There are plenty of academics in economics and other fields like history and anthropology who think highly of Marx and apply his methods but wouldn’t consider themselves Marxists.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This isn't a Reverent Wright situation, they aren't on good terms. Her dad dunks on her, and the GOP wouldn't give Kamala a free chance to disown a Marxist, which she would be all too eager to do

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have any links / receipts for her dad doing that?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Kamala was asked how she responds to people who are skeptical that she supports marijuana legalization: "Half my family’s from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?" Her dad's response:

Donald Harris Slams His Daughter Senator Kamala Harris For Fraudulently Stereotyping Jamaicans and Accusing Her of Playing Identity Politics

Professor Donald Harris Kamala Harris’ Jamaican father, has vigorously dissociated himself from statements made on the New York Breakfast Club radio show earlier this week attributing her support for smoking marijuana to her Jamaican heritage. Professor Harris has issued a statement to jamaicaglobalonline.com in which he declares:

“My dear departed grandmothers(whose extraordinary legacy I described in a recent essay on this website), as well as my deceased parents , must be turning in their grave right now to see their family’s name, reputation and proud Jamaican identity being connected, in any way, jokingly or not with the fraudulent stereotype of a pot-smoking joy seeker and in the pursuit of identity politics. Speaking for myself and my immediate Jamaican family, we wish to categorically dissociate ourselves from this travesty.”