Dimensions of Marxism

Marxism combines three main theses, one Moral, one Metaphysical, and one Historical. The first is that all Economic systems hitherto, up to and including Capitalism, are institutionalized stealing, from workers, by the entrepreneurial or ownership Class. The second is that all reality consists of Matter, so non-Material doctrines are myths that serve only to reinforce exploitative Economic relations. Finally, it holds that the primary governing Principle of human affairs is the inevitable Dialectical ascent of History to Socialism, which is the true Economic, Moral, and Metaphysical doctrine. Standard critiques of Marxism, that it is fundamentally an envy of wealth, and that it is 'Evil', fail to address its Moral and Metaphysical theses in an intellectually credible manner, while, on the other hand, the course of events, including the efforts of e. g. Stalin to force the issue, has damagingly refuted its Historical thesis. Evolvementalism agrees that much of Capitalism, especially Corporatism, is a hindrance to the growth of the Individual, but is uncertain that Socialism is the exclusive remedy. It also concurs, in general, with the Marxist diagnosis of the role of Spiritualism in the service of Economic and Political exploitation, but rejects its reductive Materialist Monism, especially given that it shares with traditional Spiritualisms and Dualisms the lack of a substantive definition of Matter, such as the one proposed by Formaterialism. Finally, it regards Dialecticism of any kind, Marxist, Hegelian, et al. as a special case of Evolvementalism, one in which the generation of an 'Antithesis' is a Diversification of precisely and uniquely a factor of 2. Likewise, Evolvementalism regards Class Conflict as only one of an infinite variety of possible social antagonisms that an Evolvemental episode can, but not necessarily will, sublate.