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> One must have a very warped understanding of Marx Materialism is an extraordinarily overloaded word/concept. OP's proposing an idiosyncratic take on Marx's
by walleeee 1y ago
> One must have a very warped understanding of Marx
Materialism is an extraordinarily overloaded word/concept.
OP's proposing an idiosyncratic take on Marx's reading of one of his main influences seems rather more in the dialectical spirit than a no true Scotsman (no true Marxist? ;) flung without substantiation. No offense.
Given Marx was famously "not a Marxist", and given the laboriousness/verbosity of his writing, and his tendency to change his mind over time, you could argue he had merely the first in a long lineage of warped understandings of himself.
- swed420 1y ago> Given Marx was famously "not a Marxist" Misrepresenting words out of context to make a point isn't a great approach. http://isocracy.org/content/karl-marx-i-am-not-marxist http://isocracy.org/content/karl-marx-i-am-not-marxist https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings-and-interpretations/karl-marx-if-anything-is-certain-it-is-that-i-myself-am-not-a-marxist https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings-and-interpret...
- walleeee 1y agoFriend, if you're trying to convert people to your point of view, neither is yours. Cheers from someone with at least a few somewhat similar political sympathies.