Indeed, the cultural tumult of the 60's had only reinforced the appeal of revolutionary Marxism, the sexual revolution and other challenges to Catholic tradition.
But more likely, he remained a believer in revolutionary Marxism even inside a Marxist prison and about to be executed by Marxist executioners.
However, at the same time, they reject Councilism saying it "expresses a movement away from the conceptions of revolutionary marxism"
Thomas frequently spoke on the difference between socialism and communism, explaining the differences between the movement he represented and that of revolutionary Marxism.
During his life, he tried to reconcile revolutionary Marxism and Catholicism.
During its initial phase the party was heavily influenced by Proudhonism, and rejected revolutionary Marxism.
The Otzovists constituted a reassertion of revolutionary Marxism.
Thus, values and behaviors earlier associated with revolutionary anti-liberal Marxism were now associated with support for democracy.
They rejected the main tenets of revolutionary Marxism, denied the central role of the proletariat, and dreamed of a peasant-based socialism.
A majority of the faculty voted to reject revolutionary Marxism as a doctrine, and Muste departed in 1933.