By Marxist Contrast

o Marxist has ever lived during a period when capitalism didn’t exist, when it wasn’t already globally hegemonic. The argument that some places came to capitalism later, or that they arrived via state capitalism and emphasized social welfare or even socialist values, does hold up. Humanity is now, and has long been, at a time when the capitalist mode of production dominates the world. This is not entirely a bad thing. While Marxists generally point to the many contradictions and injustices associated with capitalism, even Karl Marx himself asserted capitalism could help transform society’s social and material foundations, better preparing people to take new steps toward a new