>>14406084Marxism as a descriptive philosophy was a success, especially as a step following liberalism. Realpolitik of russian Jacobinists and Blanquists is what is to be disputed, as either its emancipatory proclamations, or commodity production and so on.
Keep in mind that most dangerous critique of actually existing socialist states was a marxist one. For the sake of consistency and relevant critique, as opposed to beating a dead horse.