We once read a book called "Feed" in high school - a ham fisted anti-capitalist book. Wherein citizens are 100% connected to an internet like service that only exists to sell them products. 90% of the class couldnt get it. Even when the teacher sat down and explained the entire plot of the book they still couldnt wrap their head around it.
He's either an idiot, or an idiot making a le funnay joek about Marx to jingle his keys in front of his cult and rally them against the threat of... I don't know. Maybe having less subsidies or paying more taxes. Even that seems unlikely at this point.