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The Importance of Materialism in Marxism
Historical materialism understands change in terms of material conditions of society. So for Marxists, if we want to understand capitalism, we have to understand what these fundamental material conditions of capitalism are. By looking at the world through a materialist lens, we can understand the actual forces which drive historical change and how they might play out in the future.