“… mid-century critical theorists like Max Horkheimer and Herbert Marcuse claimed the working class had been brainwashed into contentment. Rather than accepting that Marxism had been disproven, they came up with a new set of mental gymnastics to justify their pursuit of power.”

Why do these sorts of screeders never remember that China is an explicitly Marxist country? Like, with 5 year plans and everything?

Full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUWQozp304g

Yuval Noah Harari said something along the lines of "communism is a religion, but so is capitalism, and so is Google." Of course Harari is being a bit of a troll, but so is whomever wrote "Marxism is a cult of power" video. I find Harari's framework more useful than labeling any specific ideology as a "cult".