Yes, material conditions will drive people's political attitudes exactly like this. You can even see some of the responses from comrades in this thread. The doesn't make any of them good or bad people, (if you're a materialist, your analysis must transcend "good" and "bad" anyway).
Sounds like you're on the path to understanding third-worldism, if that's not something you're into already. A third-worldism approach doesn't mean that you sit around and do nothing of course, but it will shape the way you approach organizing, and you expectations thereof. This is still something I'm factoring in myself.
Is this just pushing for revolution in globally poor areas instead of areas where the contradictions of capitalism are the highest? Or, for the latter clause, at least thought by Marx and company as would happen in Germany since it was thought to be the most developed?
Yes, material conditions will drive people's political attitudes exactly like this. You can even see some of the responses from comrades in this thread. The doesn't make any of them good or bad people, (if you're a materialist, your analysis must transcend "good" and "bad" anyway).
Sounds like you're on the path to understanding third-worldism, if that's not something you're into already. A third-worldism approach doesn't mean that you sit around and do nothing of course, but it will shape the way you approach organizing, and you expectations thereof. This is still something I'm factoring in myself.
Is this just pushing for revolution in globally poor areas instead of areas where the contradictions of capitalism are the highest? Or, for the latter clause, at least thought by Marx and company as would happen in Germany since it was thought to be the most developed?