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@mutual_ayyde imo, this is because neoclassical econ presents itself as "overcoming" the less egalitarian nature of classical econ, and thus, presents itself as overcoming the critique of pol-econ itself. so the leftist instinctively encourages others to stay away from it, and instead familiarize oneself with previous critiques. i can understand why some communists would want to do that to newbies but it definitely produces the problem you described.
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@mutual_ayyde don't mean it as an excuse, just trying to track the development (progression or regression) of pol-econ critique among the left historically.
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@exiliaex honestly that excuse is pretty threadbare - joanna bockman's markets in the name of socialism is good on this, the depoliticized nature of neoclassical econ comes from states pushing it in a instrumentalist direction for policy or decision making but plenty of people used it for broader critique (albeit using highly formal mathematics so that censors didnt realize what was up)