Many have reacted to the news that the founders of Black Lives Matter lavishly spend donated money on luxury mansions by asking: How can Marxists behave this way? One activist was even quoted as saying that this must mean they are capitalists. This reaction, though, is based on a complete misunderstanding of Marxism and capitalism.
The BLM organizations raise money in the name of social justice, but to them that does not mean helping individual Black Americans improve their lives. What it means is fundamentally altering the American system, and imposing Marxism on our country.
If you’re a woke journalist, how would you frame allegations of financial misconduct against the main Black Lives Matter organization? You could ignore these financial questions about the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, sure. Or you could frame the allegations the way New York magazine has in a recent article: by absurdly quoting people saying that the organization’s corruption proves its leaders are capitalists.