1. Aristocratic Marxism defines itself in opposition to moralism. Feelings associated with powerlessness (for Spinoza, the sad affects; for Nietzsche, slave morality or ressentiment) are held to be an obstacle to the self-emancipation of the working…
Frome is generally a really good marxist writer (they are very much anti-western-marxist, very much a materialist and has an excellent article in defense of “tankies”) though sometimes their writing can be a bit dense for me as I do not have a background in philosophy. I have not read this article before and after the first read I definitely need to re-read this given the author’s generally excellent insights elsewhere. They usually deepen my dialectical materialist understanding further.
For example I really like:
https://redsails.org/the-problem-of-recognition-in-transitional-states/
Though this is not by Frome I can potentially see parallels in terms of learning - this article helped me better understand “identity politics” and to use it better:
https://redsails.org/on-identitarianism-a-defense-of-a-strawman/
The parallel here would be to develop our understanding of how we consider moralism (amongst other things) as marxists. I do need to re-read the article more deeply though.