system
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human
What were the ideological goals of the frankfurt school? Were they still communists? Or social democrats? A mix?

I heard that Marcuse has been accused of having some weird ideology that was somewhat elitist.
gpt
Neither. They only ever identified themselves as 'critical theorists' -basically they sought to rigurously examine social norms, and in the process reveal contradictions therewithin. They never sought to propose solutions to the problems they identified, hence they can't really be placed into any political category.