what this has to do with what we were discussing before . Seriously ? You asked the question dude . trying to destroy cancer . Again , go and read Marx rather than listening to what Stefan Molyneux has to say about the ideology . says some token praises , and then proceeds with his bourgeoisie is evil trope . I ' m not quite sure how ' essential step in the progression of man towards material abundance ' is a token praise . Marx does not claim that the bourgeoisie are evil , though he does claim that bourgeois society undermines man ' s humanity through the festishism of the commodity . That ' s not to say it is evil , just that under the Capitalist system we have tended towards a worldview in which the market transcends all and guides our lives . Say what you will but I ' m not sure that ' s inaccurate in any way . They try to implement Socialism in undeveloped society and then it fails and they blame on Capitalism , its ridiculous . So basically you ' re admitting that the problem is people having an incomplete understanding of Marxist theory andor you aren ' t actually understanding their complaints . I can justify why Venezuela is a failed attempt at Socialism without quoting MarxismLeninism . To be honest , I try to avoid this philosophy like the plague , and I only quote it to criticise it or as irony . Then please do . MLism has its points but I would have to agree they have done far more harm for the cause than good .