His manifesto Futurism and Anarchy, published in The Barricade, attacked Marinetti on the basis that his attempt to produce an avant-garde aesthetic was undermined by his failure to renounce bourgeois politics: ‘How is it possible to imagine a bourgeois art in an anarchist society, or a futurist art in a bourgeois society?’
This passage highlights the conflict between Marinetti's artistic ambitions and his commitment to bourgeois politics, as expressed by critics who questioned the feasibility of an avant-garde aesthetic within a capitalist society.