I agree about the problem of forgetting socialism's failures. I'd add that Wolff's complaint about being repressed until recently might have been part of the problem. When people only heard that Marxism was bad without learning any of Marx's ideas, they didn't learn why Marxism was bad. I've read some Hayek and I've read enough about Marxism that none of Wolff's ideas in this show were surprising to me. More people should know what Marx thought as well as how his followers failed.
I agree about the problem of forgetting socialism's failures. I'd add that Wolff's complaint about being repressed until recently might have been part of the problem. When people only heard that Marxism was bad without learning any of Marx's ideas, they didn't learn why Marxism was bad. I've read some Hayek and I've read enough about Marxism that none of Wolff's ideas in this show were surprising to me. More people should know what Marx thought as well as how his followers failed.