▁to ▁abandon ▁it . ▁That ▁is ▁why ▁both ▁the ▁human ist ▁and ▁the ▁anti human ist ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁character ▁mask s ▁can ▁have ▁some ▁valid ity ▁in ▁different ▁situations . ▁ ▁Marx ism ▁as ▁a ▁character ▁mask ? ▁Al th us ser ' s ▁" total izing ▁perspective " ▁– ▁which , ▁by ▁destroy ing ▁the ▁dialect ics ▁of ▁experience , ▁cannot ▁recon cile ▁the ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁people ▁" make ▁history " ▁and ▁are ▁" made ▁by ▁history ", ▁and ▁therefore ▁falls ▁from ▁one ▁contradiction ▁into ▁another ▁– ▁does ▁not ▁just ▁destroy ▁belief ▁in ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁human ▁action ▁( because ▁" the ▁system " ▁domin ates ▁everything ); ▁the ▁super - human ▁approach ▁also ▁inv ites ▁the ▁ob jection ▁that ▁it ▁leads ▁to ▁total itar ian ism . ▁ ▁Specifically , ▁in ▁the ▁bid ▁of ▁Marx ist ▁ide olog ists ▁to ▁grab ▁state ▁power , ▁extract ▁a ▁sur plus ▁from ▁the ▁workers ▁and ▁manage ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁" new ▁order ", ▁armed ▁with ▁an ▁ide ological ▁ty ran ny ▁of ▁categories , ▁real ▁human ▁be ings ▁become ▁exp end able . ▁It ▁is ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁kind ▁of ▁" up ward ▁mob ility " ▁strategy ▁util izing ▁sympathy ▁for ▁the ▁opp ress ed ▁and ▁explo ited , ▁and ▁social ▁env y . ▁This ▁( f air ly ▁c yn ical ) ▁interpretation ▁leads ▁log ically ▁to ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁Marx ism ▁or ▁Marx ism – Len in ism ▁is ▁itself ▁a ▁character ▁mask , ▁by ▁which ▁left