The Basics of Dialectical Materialism

dialectical materialism can be a difficult concept for people to wrap their minds around, especially those who are new to the idea. Marxism is an ever evolving tradition that Marx and Engels inaugurated through their work but which is then developed by successive generations of Marxist thinkers and revolutionaries. To help understand a bit better, let me use an analogy to Darwinian evolution, which will help bring these concepts to life. First and foremost, it shows that all life on earth is in a constant state of evolution and development. Contrary to creationists who believe God made all animals and plants as they more or less currently are and put them here on earth, evolutionary biologists know that this is not true.