Also, academic arguments about whether theory is "true" or not is not the point of theory.
Newtonian physics isn't true. But if you want to go to the Moon, you can use it to get you there. It's fine.
It's not like the ruling class is going to pop a monocle if they find out Marx is right. They don't give a single shit either way. The system benefits them.
It's like arguing about whether the Roman Emperor really is a living god or not. The truth or falsehood of that argument is not why it exists.
99% of arguments against Marx are things he anticipated and preemptively refutes in the first fucking chapter of Capital.
Also, academic arguments about whether theory is "true" or not is not the point of theory.
Newtonian physics isn't true. But if you want to go to the Moon, you can use it to get you there. It's fine.
It's not like the ruling class is going to pop a monocle if they find out Marx is right. They don't give a single shit either way. The system benefits them.
It's like arguing about whether the Roman Emperor really is a living god or not. The truth or falsehood of that argument is not why it exists.