The more McLaren began engaging in the work of Marx, and meeting social activists driven by Marxist anti-imperialist projects throughout the Americas, he no longer believed that the work on ‘radical democracy’ convincingly demonstrated that it was superior to the Marxist problematic.
Što se McLaren više bavio Marxovim radom, i sastajao s društvenim aktivistima vođenim marksističkim antiimperijalističkim projektima diljem Amerike, više nije vjerovao da je rad na "radikalnoj demokraciji" da je iznad marksističkog problema.