[walleeee]

> 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]

> 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

https://www.socratic-method.com/quote-meanings-and-interpret...

[walleeee]

Friend, 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.