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  • Nagarjuna [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I really think “materialist” and “idealist” outside the concept of 19th century debates around Hegel are thought-terminating cliches.

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      1 year ago

      From what I see:

      PR campaigns to try to “convince people with ideas” to change their ways is definitely more on the idealistic side.

      Tech that fundamentally changes the means of production of a fundamental commodity in local, regional, national, and international markets seems more on the materialist side.

      • Nagarjuna [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        I agree that those would be good, commonsense ways of using those words. It’s also not what Marx meant by them. So when you throw them around on a Marxist forum, it gives a weight to what you’re saying, but without actually referencing anything Marx said.

        Do you see how this could create issues?