System Justification Theory

This is a theory that originated with Karl Marx and was taken on again by social psychologists.  The system justification theory is an endorsement of a rationalization for the system in power even if it promotes inequality.  My professor related that it is a belief that binds and blinds.  It is accepting the way things are and believing that people and groups get what they deserve.   It is an ideological buffer that is purported to maintain the status quo and is dependent on political orientation.  I tend to be concerned when a theory is based on Marxism.  It is strange how the teaching of Marx is so prominent in all the fields of studies these days.  Being a non-traditional student I can remember a time in America when the teachings and ideology of Karl Marx was looked upon as the father of communism and not in a good way.  But that was then and this is now.  And now I can't sit in any class that Marx isn't mentioned.  Strange how things can change so much.