I found this expression, talking about western imperialism. While I maybe get the overall sense, I can't understand the exact meaning of "to get all Marxist on you".
"But it was mostly, not to get all Marxist on you or anything, about controlling the means of production. Europeans wanted colonies " (John Green, Crash Course World History on YouTube)
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Re: to get all ... on you
By "not to get all Marxist on you or anything" the speaker want to say that he doesn't want to go all historical and ram Marxist theory down your throat, but...
"We are not wholly bad or good, who live our lives under Milk Wood :-| " — Dylan Thomas, Under Milk Wood
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