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>>14789284
Its a refutation of the rightwings percieved left wing strawmen.

Its basic idiot stuff like how capitalism creates wealth and innovation by letting loose peoples aspirations for material comfort.

Now is that against Marx?

Marx is very clear that the capitalist mode of production is incredibly effective, productive and above all powerful.

Marx point was never that socialism would make capitalism more effective, only that the internal contradictions within capitalism makes socialism more appealing to the people who does not hold a stake in its operation, which happens to be the great majority of people.

Think for yourself, the great social liberal thinker Meynard Keynes once thought we would work 6 hours a week by now. What happened?

How come the average lifespan lowered 20-30 years after industrialisation?

How come capitalism swings from a major disasterous crisis that leaves tens of millions of people unemployed every 30 years or so?

If you look into it, you will see that Marx was right. Capitalism, beautiful and productive as it is, simply has fundamental contradictions within it that makes it untenable.