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The Difference Between Idealism and Historical Materialism
Historical materialism understands change in terms of the underlying economic realities of society. The term not only refers to factories and natural resources, but it also refers to how all these realities are managed. So for example, marxus don't understand capitalism in terms of abstract ideas like voluntary free exchange or economic freedom to buy and sell.