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>>11739962
Let me explain what I mean by 'not materialist enough.' For Marx the ownership of the means of production was a part of the base rather than a consequence of it. The same can be said of the patterns of exchange displayed by a culture.

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> “the mode of production in material life determines the general character of the social, political, and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but on the contrary, their social existence determines their consciousness.”
is something I differ with because technology, demography and ecology determine the mode of production--class is not a part of the 'base' as Marx calls it or 'Infrastructure' as Harris calls it.

As well I would say reproduction is as important as production. Population pressures are as important as technological/ecological change and interact therewith.

Finally, well, pic related