Sometimes We Need to be Maladjusted

Neurodivergent Marxism and liberation for marginalized & oppressed communities

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What does Neurodiversity have to do with capitalism?

Why do socialism, Marxism, and similar leftist philosophies resonate with a lot of Neurodivergent, Deaf, and Disabled people?

Obviously I don’t speak for any community as a whole. Communities are not homogenous, there will be significant varieties of perspectives in each. I can only comment on my own experiences and observations.

I believe these leftist philosophies resonate with many of us for several reasons. The three primary reasons being:

1. We are frequently marginalized, oppressed, and treated as a “lower” class of people;
2. Neurodivergent folks tend to be non-conformists and think outside the box;
3. Many neurodivergent folks have very strong justice sensitivity and are intolerant of inequity and injustice.

Ableism and the surplus class

Neurodivergent, Deaf, and Disabled people are often relegated to lower echelons in the social hierarchy. Because how we move, communicate, and “function” in the world falls outside of the statistical norm, we are…