@teratology @animeirl That makes sense to some extent. I have noticed that Marxists have a certain fixation with formalism, so I do to some extent understand why you guys like to insist on calling it a "theory." That fixation runs deep too. It's like the more "theory" you've "read," the bigger your Marxism penis is. I'd go as far as to characterize it as almost like a form of scripture, and Marxian periods like the transition from capitalism to socialism and then from socialism to communism almost like dispensations in Christianity. They're like prophecies because there's no expiration date and it's merely insisted that these things are "inevitable."