Early Marx predicted capitalism would collapse due to internal crises of production, but the Frankfurt School argues Marx was wrong: the political system intervened through regulation, labor unions, and social policy, re-establishing systemic equilibrium and preventing collapse.
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“the political system stepped in regulated economic production created the possibility of things like labor unions so that it mollified the socio-economic system made people view the society as more illegitimate and consequently managed to re-establish equilibrium”
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Great Minds of the Western Intellectual Tradition - Part 6 - Habermas' Critical Theory— Michael SugrueCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:16:47 PM
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