>>11944878Here are some minor ones:
> Labour theory of valueThe cost of an item is independent of the amount of labour (socially necessary or otherwise), and is due to supply and demand.
> historical materialism/dialectic materialismIs ahistorical and psudoscientific. It's psudoscientific because it tries to make unfalsifiable claims (see Karl Poppers critique). Also there are plenty of historical examples of the super structure (which includes religion and science) completely dominating and modifying the base (means or production and their relationships).
>class conflict theorySocieties are composed of more than social classes fighting over scarce resources and trying to dominate each other. They are better described as populations held together by commonalities in language and culture. The derivative of this theory (conflict theory) is responsible for many of today's issues I.e. society is just groups (races, cultures, classes) trying to dominate each other/fight over scarce resources.
> communism in practiceHe also based his ideal society on epicurean communes and a 19th century understanding of afican tribalism (funnily enough, the Kung! People murder every member who excels at anything). Organizing society along such lines (tribal, everyone hunts/farms) prevents specialization, and therefore scietific progress.
So yes, if you discount all the intellextual underpinnings of Marxism, it works!
