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>At a time when society is fully committed to the development of material life, the supply of values is often neglected, and the political system needs to ensure an adequate supply of values under the present conditions. This supply must keep pace with the development of material life in society, and must be able to channel the energy released by the development of material life into a rational spiritual order
-Wang Huning, Political Order and Political Supply
Holy based.
Has anyone ever written about why Marxist theorists always end up sounding like theologians? Obviously Huning writing his masters on French-Catholic reactionaries helped, but this seems to be a common trend even with Marx.