Karl Marx celebrated liberalism’s achievements, such as freedom of the press, while excoriating its fidelity to private property rights. We can hold the same tension in our minds — fiercely opposing capitalism while fighting to make liberal rights real through socialist transformation.
socdems and various sillier dumbfucks will always pull out "Marx thought liberalism was awesome! :so-true: we should just coopt or work with the lib-est liberals" type takes but neglect to point out the reason he wrote this is because he recognised liberalism was a step toward progress but wasn't at all the end goal and by looking at the historical entrance into liberalism simply provided a framework for how changes in society with regards to the means of production would occur based on the ideas and material interests of the class that brought about the changes